Major scientific study launched into iconic Welsh fish’s life

A major new 1.8m GBP scientific study, the Celtic Sea Trout Project, has been launched by Elin Jones AM, the Rural Affairs Minister in Bangor, North Wales.

The study aims to discover more about the life and pressures on the sewin in the Irish Sea and in rivers and estuaries across Wales and Ireland.

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OGMORE PROSECUTION

Nick Bridger of Bryncoch, Neath has pleaded guilty to fishing the river Ogmore on the 7th May 2008, without a rod licence and without the permission of the Ogmore Angling Association. He was fined £50 for Section 27 (a)of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 for no rod licence, £50 for Schedule 1 (2)(2) of the Theft Act 1968, fishing without permission. He was also ordered to pay £75 costs plus the mandatory £15 victim support.

EWENNY POLLUTION

Up to 20,000 litres of diesel escaped into the Ewenny river on Wednesday 22^nd October. A clean up operation was immediately launched with reports of dead fish and affected wildfowl. The Environment Agency traced the source of the pollution.

Man Caught Netting Illegally at Abrystwyth

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Enforcement in Wales.........

The EA Wales Enforcement and Prosecution Policy sets out the main factors on which decisions to prosecute will be based, and sets out the circumstances in which they will prosecute.

Read more here .......

Salmon Action Plans for Wales .........

Environment Agency Wales has prepared a series of action plans, based on river catchments, setting out what needs to be done to support and restore salmon populations.

Read what the EA have to say on Ogmore Salmon here............

Byelaws for using rod and line to fish for salmon, trout or coarse fish in Wales......

Make sure you stay within the law when fishing.........read more here......