Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 24th October, 1979.

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 24th October 1979. The report contains the minutes of the last meeting along with the minutes of the Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting held on 12th July 1979, and a proposal for an increase in the bailiffing staff. It also includes the report by the area fisheries officer which looks at river conditions and fishing, an update on Hollingworth and Pilot Hatchery (Great Sankey), stocking or restocking by Angling Associations and the Authority, pollution incidents and fish mortalities. 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.