Lune, Wyre & Furness Fisheries Advisory Committee 4th April, 1977.

This is the report from the Lune, Wyre and Furness Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 4th April, 1977. The report contains information on byelaws, net limitation on the River Lune, Goosanders and Mergansers which concentrates on predation issues of these birds groups upon young salmonids, fisheries income and expenditure and fisheries activities. The section on fisheries activities includes an update on Middleton Hatchery; fishing conditions; and fisheries improvement work on the River Leven. The Fisheries Advisory Committee was part of the Regional Water Authorities, in this case the North West Water Authority. This preceded the Environment Agency which came into existence in 1996.