Eden Fisheries Advisory Committee 4th June, 1974

This is the first report from the Eden Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 4th June 1974. The report includes sections on fishery byelaws, estimates for the anticipated income and expenditure on fisheries for the current year, licence duties, the Nursery Stream Project and Holmewrangle hatchery. The section on the Nursery Stream Project includes the reasons for undertaking the project, and the details of the project. The section on the Holmewrangle hatchery looks at low survival rates and reasons for mortality for 1973/1974. 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.

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

This is the report from the Lune, Wyre and Furness Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 4th July 1977. The report looks at comments of the Regional Fisheries Officer on the report on specific matters such as different river stretches and water quality. It also includes sea-trout ova and fry propagation and re-stocking programmes carried out and planned in determined rivers: Kent, Leven, Crake, Duddon, Keer and Eea. 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.

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.

Eden & District Fisheries Advisory Committee 4th April, 1978

This is the report from the Eden and District Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 4th April, 1978. It covers information on fisheries income and expenditure, net licence duties and a fishery dispute in the Solway Firth. It also includes the report by the area fisheries officer on river conditions and fishing, and Holmwrangle hatchery which include sections on disease outbreaks, movements of fish and stock lists. Included in this report is also fish disease, biological work and a brief note on the spotting of Cormorants on the Eden and the worry about the effect this will have on shoals of smolts. 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.

South Lancashire Fisheries Advisory Committee 4th April, 1979

This is the report from the South Lancashire Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 4th April, 1979. It includes information on the match fishing experiment at Mitton Fishery, giving the total numbers of each species caught. Also covered is the report by the area fisheries officer on fisheries activities which comments on river conditions and fishing, migratory fish movements for 1978 recorded at Winckley Hall, Waddow Weir and Locks Weir and an update on Langcliffe hatchery including mortalities and stocking. It also looks at the spawning of salmon and sea trout in the Ribble and Hodder for the 1978 season and it gives the data of monthly salmon catches on rod, line, nets and fixed engines for the 1978 season. 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.

Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee 4th February, 1980.

This is the report from the Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 4th February 1980. The report contains the minutes of the Local Fisheries Advisory Committees, net and fixed engine licence duties, net limitation order for the River Lune and River Wyre and fishery byelaws for the River Lune. 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.

Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee 4th February, 1985

This is the report from the Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 4th February, 1985. The report contains information on fishing licence duties (1986), Lead and Swans, fyke Nets, Grass Carp Field Trials in the Lancaster Canal and the total available residual chlorine (TARC) in the River Lune. 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.

Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee 4th March, 1985

This is the report from the Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 4th March, 1985. The report contains sections on Public Water Supplies in West Cumbria, proposals for water supply for British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), and the proposals for a fish pass at Ennerdale Weir. The section on BNFL looks at the proposal of British Nuclear Fuels Limited to take more water from Wastwater. This section includes information about Wastwater, Calder Valley Boreholes, Mine Water and the River Ehen, and other groundwater investigations. 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.

Aquatic ecology monitoring, water quality, fish, fish catch, sanitation and disease vectors: monitoring no. 11, 4th – 9th September 2012

This monitoring survey No. 11 undertaken between 4th and 9th September 2012 is the second one to be conducted after completion of construction of Bujagali Hydropower Dam. Two pre-construction baseline surveys in April 2000 and April 2006 were conducted and during construction phase, eight monitoring surveys (September 2007, April 2008, April 2009, October 2009, April 2010, September 2010, April 2011, September 2011) were conducted.