Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 16th December, 1974

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 16th December 1974. The report looks at information on the Water Bailiffs establishment, including the organisation and the duties of both the Fisheries Inspector and the Senior Bailiff. It also covers the comments from the Regional Fisheries Officer on the report on 'Coarse Fisheries', and information on the structure of licence duties in the Mersey and Weaver River unit area. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 20th January, 1976.

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 20th January 1976. The report contains information on land drainage representation on local committees, fisheries activities report, fish mortality in the River Dane and River Weaver, and fishing licence duties. The section on the fisheries activities reported by area fisheries officers looks at requests requiring site investigations, stocking, biological surveys work 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 27th January, 1975

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 27th January, 1975. It covers information on the proposed regional fishing licence duties, and the report of the Working Party on future regional hatchery requirements, which includes sections on the future demands for migratory salmonids, brown and rainbow trout, and coarse fish plus the most effective means of meeting future demands. It also covers the report by the Unit Water Quality Officer on fisheries activities, which looks at fisheries management, stocking and biological work carried out on the River Bollin, Etherow and Goyt. Information on fish toxicity tests including methods and results are also included. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 21st April, 1975

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 21st April, 1975. It covers information on fishery byelaws, and a report by Unit Water Quality Officer on fisheries activities. This section includes work on fisheries management, stocking carried out, biological work carried out on the Rivers Bollin, Etherow, Goyt, Tame, Glaze and Roch and information on the mortality of coarse fish in the Rochdale Canal. Other areas looked at include licence duties and inportation of live freshwater fish. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 7th April, 1977.

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 7th April, 1977. The report contains sections on fisheries income and expenditure, fishing licences, and fisheries activities. The section on the fisheries activities looks at fisheries management; stocking of tench, roach and carp; fish mortalities; netting operations and Worthington Reservoir’s stocks. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 26th October, 1977

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 26th October, 1977. It covers fisheries income and expenditure, licence duties, and information on the development of potential fisheries. It also includes the report by the area fisheries officer on fisheries activities which includes information on general fisheries management, fish transfer and stocking and fish mortalities and pollution incidents. Included in this report is the pruchase of fish transporation equipment, experimental fish culture and fish survey works. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 18th January, 1978

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 18th January, 1978. It covers information of fisheries income and expenditure, licence duties and radioactive discharge in relation to fishery interests. It also includes the report by the area fisheries officer on river conditions and fishing, Tintwistle hatchery, and general fisheries management. Included in this report is also fish mortalities and stocking numbers of coarse fish and non-migratory trout. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 12th April, 1978

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 12th April, 1978. It covers information on fisheries income and expenditure, the pilot warm-water coarse fish hatching and rearing installation at Great Sankey, annual fishing permits on reservoirs and terminated angling leases. It also includes the report by the area fisheries officer on river conditions and fishing, and an update on Tintwistle hatchery and Worthington Stock Pools. Included in this report is also the stocking numbers of coarse fish, brown trout and rainbow trout by the Angling Associations, pollution incidents and fish mortalities and fisheries management. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 21st June, 1978

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 21st June, 1978. It covers information on the monitoring of radioactivity in migratory fish, fishing offences and prosecutions and the income from sale of rod and line licences. It also includes the report by the area fisheries officer on river conditions and fishing, and an update on Tintwistle hatchery and Worthington Stock Pools. Included in this report is also the pollution incidents, fish mortalities, fisheries management and the stocking numbers of coarse fish, brown trout and rainbow trout by the Angling Associations. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 19th January, 1977.

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 19th January, 1977. The report contains information the construction of a new surface water drain to Pennington Flash, fisheries activities, fish stocking, eel fishing and estuarial waters, and infectious Pancreatic Necrosis. The section on fisheries activities includes brown/rainbow trout, roach, perch, bream, carp, tench and rudd stocking and fish mortalities. The section on Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis highlights its prevention on imports of salmonid fish and ova. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 27th October, 1976.

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 27th October, 1976. The report contains sections on fish stocking, fisheries activities, weed growth in the River Weaver, pollution incidents and the drought situation. The section on fish stocking includes background information about fish stocking by the authority; difficulties; migratory fish; stocking after pollution; stocking of Waters within the Region; stocking with coarse fish; and recommendations. The section on fisheries activities includes fish mortalities and biological work on the River Tame, Goyt, Weaver, Mersey, Dane, Dean, and Gowy. 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.

Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 25th October, 1978

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 25th October, 1978. It covers information on fisheries income and expenditure, work on the future programme of fisheries work and keep nets. Also covered is information on the effects of mine water from Bickershaw Colliery draining into the Leeds/Liverpool Canal. The section on the report by the area fisheries officer on fishing activities includes river conditions and fishing on the Cheshire Meres and an update on Tintwistle and Sankey Hatchery. Stocking numbers of coarse fish and non-migratory trout are also added, as well as 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.

Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 17th January, 1979

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 17th January, 1979. It covers the report by the area fisheries officer on fishing activities including river conditions and fishing, an update on Hollingworth and Great Sankey Hatchery, and stocking and/or restocking numbers of coarse fish and non migratory trout by the Angling Associations. Also included are information on fisheries management, 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 23rd June, 1976.

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Cumberland Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 23rd June, 1976. The report contains sections on fisheries activities and fishing licence distributors in the Mersey and Weaver Area. The section on fisheries activities is reported by the area fisheries officer and includes general fisheries management; stocking; biological work in Rivers Etherow, Bollin, Mersey, Irwell and Hllingworth Lake; fish mortalities and fishing. 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.

Mersey & Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee 20th June, 1979.

This is the report from the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries Advisory Committee meeting, which was held on the 20th June 1979. The report contains sections on the minutes of the last meeting along with the minutes of the meeting of the Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee, role and constitution of Local Advisory Committees, Leeds/Liverpool transfer of minewater from Bickershaw Colliery, income from sale of rod and line licences 1978, fishing offences and prosecutions for 1978/1979. The report by the area fisheries officer looks at river conditions and fishing, Hollingsworth and Great Sankey hatcheries, stocking by angling associations and authorities, 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.