Byelaws
North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority Byelaws
Byelaw | Title |
Emergency Byelaw | North Wirral Foreshore Bivalve Mollusc Emergency Byelaw 2020 |
Byelaw 3 | Permit to Fish for Cockles and Mussels. |
Byelaw 5 | Heysham Bass Nursery Area Prohibition of Fishing |
Byelaw 6 | Protection for European Marine Site Features |
Byelaw | Restrictions on Use of a Dredge |
Byelaw | Prohibition of Foul Hooking |
North Western Sea Fisheries Committee Byelaws
The limits of the North Western Sea Fisheries District can be found here.
Byelaw | Title |
Byelaw 1 | The District |
Byelaw 2 | Attachments to Nets |
Byelaw 3 | Prohibition on Seine Netting |
Byelaw 6 | Shrimp and Prawns – Restriction on Fishing |
Byelaw 7 | Mesh Sizes – Nets Other than Trawl Nets |
Byelaw 8 | Small Mesh Nets – Other than Trawl Nets – Restrictions |
Byelaw 9 | Mechanically Propelled Vessels |
Byelaw 10 | Set and Drift Nets |
Byelaw 11 | Marking of Fishing Gear and Keep Pots |
Byelaw 13A | Cockles and Mussels – Management of the Fishery |
Byelaw 16 | Shellfishery – Temporary Closure |
Byelaw 19 | Specified Fish Sizes |
Byelaw 26 | Fixed Engines – Prohibitions and Authorisations (England) |
Byelaw 27 | Mobile Nets – Prohibitions and Authorisations (England) |
Byelaw 28 | Application of Byelaws |
Byelaw 30 | Fishing for Lobster, Crawfish, Crab, Prawn and Whelk |
Byelaw 31 | Protection of V-Notched Lobsters |
Cumbria Sea Fisheries Committee Byelaws
The limits of the Cumbria Sea Fisheries District can be found here.
Byelaw | Title |
Byelaw 1 | Revocation of Byelaws Heretofore in Force |
Byelaw 2 | Authority to Make Byelaws |
Byelaw 3 | Size Limit of Boats Allowed Inside the District |
Byelaw 4 | Marking and Siting of Fixed Nets, Traps, Pots and Lines |
Byelaw 7 | Winkles – Method of Fishing and Minimum Size |
Byelaw 8 | Berried Lobsters |
Byelaw 9 | Skate Fishery |
Byelaw 10 | Fixed Engine Fishery |
Byelaw 13 | Multi-rigged Trawling Gear |
Byelaw 14 | Shrimps or Prawns |
Byelaw 15 | Vessels With a Registered Engine Power > 221kw |
Byelaw 18 | Shellfishery – Temporary Closure |
Byelaw 19 | Application of Byelaws |
Byelaw 20 | For the Protection of Immature Plaice – Minimum Mesh Sizes |
Byelaw 25 | Requirement for Escape Gaps in Pots, Creels, and Traps |
Byelaw 26 | Permit to Fish for Lobster, Crab and Whelks |
National Rivers Authority Byelaws
Byelaw | Title |
Byelaw 1 | Application of Byelaws |
Byelaw 2 | Interpretation |
Byelaw 5 | Use of Instruments |
Byelaw 7 | Protection for Certain Acts |
National Rivers Authority Byelaws – Regulating Fishing for Shellfish in the River Dee and its Estuary
Byelaw | Title |
Byelaw 1 | Application of Byelaws |
Byelaw 2 | Interpretation |
Byelaw 6 | Shellfishery – Temporary Closure |
Byelaw 8 | Introduction of Shellfish |
Byelaw 11 | Protection of Shellfish Beds |
Byelaw 12 | Use of Nets – Beam Trawl or Otter Trawl |
Byelaw 13 | Mechanically Propelled Vehicles |
Environment Agency Byelaws
Byelaw | Title |
Sea Fisheries Byelaw | Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 Byelaw |