Response to NRW correspondence of 30.11.20 & 03.12.20 ref NWATFCC information requests & recommendations on Welsh Stock reporting & Byelaw Impact

North West Angling Trust Fisheries Consultative Council

part of the Angling Trust and AT North West Freshwater Forum

10.12.20

Peter Gough, NRW Principal Fisheries Advisor David Mee, NRW Snr Fisheries Advisor,

Ian Davidson, NRW Snr Environmental Assessment Officer, Dr Alan Walker, Cefas Snr Scientific Officer,

Grant Horsburgh, Defra Freshwater & Migratory Fisheries Team, Mark […]

Formal Complaint raised by NWATFCC & LWFA with presentation and reporting of River Lune stock assessment and use of Lune Index counter data

North West Angling Trust Fisheries Consultative Council

part of the Angling Trust and AT North West Freshwater Forum

6th December 2020

Sharon Kennedy, EA Environment Manager Cumbria, Keith Ashcroft, EA Director Cumbria & Lancashire,

Brian Shields, Simon Toms, Lawrence Talks, Heidi Stone EA Dr Alan Walker, Cefas Senior Scientific Officer

Mark Owen, Angling Trust

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NWATFCC update - 3 Formal EA Complaints

This communication was directed today to the EA`s – NW Fisheries Managers and Technical specialists in the F, B & G teams – Steve Garner, Colette Whiting, Darren Bedworth, David Spiby & Phil Ramsden (Andy Gowan`s replacement. EA Fisheries colleagues,I am writing to you jointly, because the circumstances warrant this. This is FYI and no response is […]

NRW response

Address:                                                           Our Ref:

Your Ref:

Mr Mike Ashwin

By e-mail                                                          Date: 3.12.20

Dear Mike,

Thank you for your letter dated 3rd November 2020.

In response to the first issue you raise, the above letter was not received by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) until your email of the 21st November and hence could not have […]

Corrections, explanations and recommendations to the NRW published Salmon stock performance in Wales 2019 Report

Peter Gough, NRW Principal Fisheries Advisor David Mee, NRW Snr Fisheries Advisor,

Ian Davidson, NRW Snr Environmental Assessment Officer, Dr Alan Walker, Cefas Snr Scientific Officer,

Grant Horsburgh, Defra Freshwater & Migratory Fisheries Team, Mark Owen, AT Freshwater Campaigns

Cc NWATFCC, CPWF & PAAS representatives Dear Peter,

Corrections, explanations and recommendations to the NRW […]

A bleak future for the Mawddach.

Like others I have not had sight of this document but clearly it helps reinforce the case for the All Wales Byelaws. In the case of the Mawddach & Wnion I have deep concerns that the current stock assessment methodology does not reflect in any meaningful way what we actually observe swimming in the […]

2019 Salmon stats and comments

SalmonReport-2019-summaryDownload

Many thanks for comments thus far – Chris, Guy & John. Can I quickly re-emphasis why I will be writing to Peter Gough later today and asking that this letter and information request is tagged to the earlier communication asking for the stock reporting/assessment answers to be responded to.It is apparent the June – […]

Chris White: still seeking the truth

Conservation Officer

Chris White

57 Normanby Drive Connahs Quay Flintshire

CH5 4JX

Email:chriswhite.cohite@gmail.com

Chris White

24 September 2020

Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government (via email)

Re: 14 Sept Press release: ‘Funding boost for the great outdoors’

Dear Minister,

I note in a press release […]

The following sad letter speaks for so many anglers in Wales

It has taken me some time to publish this touching letter from John Eardley, an angler who has worked so hard with NRW and the EA before that, as well as with fellow angles.

To say that John’s resignation from the North Wales River Trust, as well as from his “second home” in Wales, […]

Another serious pollution and fish kill!!

Dead fish on the affected stretch of the River Llynfi, mid-Wales

Fish Legal is currently advising its members Gwent Angling Society in respect of a major pollution that has hit the River Llynfi in mid-Wales. Literally the day after the last touches were carried out to a remediation project that saw the river put on the road […]

Clare Pillman replies to John Eardley

Ein cyf/Our ref: CX20-145 Your Ref:

Ty Cambria / Cambria House

29 Heol Casnewydd / 29 Newport Road Caerdydd / Cardiff

CF24 0TP / CF24 0TP

Ebost/Email: Chiefexecutivesoffice@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk Chiefexecutivesoffice@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

John Eardley

By e-mail: johneardley@btinternet.com

Ffôn/Phone: 0300 065 4453

29 July 2020

Dear Mr Eardley,

I hope that you and your family are keeping safe […]

Will Bayer settlement clean up Monsanto's PCB contamination in Wales? Details Published: 10 July 2020

Rev Paul Cawthorne says some of Bayer’s USD650 million given to polluted sites in the US should be used to remediate Monsanto’s toxic legacy in the UK

Following the announcement of a USD650 million settlement by Bayer, destined for areas of the US contaminated by the company’s subsidiary Monsanto with toxic chemicals known as PCBs, […]

John Eardley still fighting for anglers in Wales

“Ty Newydd”4, Little Moss Lane Scholar Green Stoke-on-Trent ST7 3BL

13th July 2020

By email to: Clare.Pillman@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

All Wales Byelaws – the impact on angling

Dear Clare,

With the lifting of travel restrictions in Wales on 6th July and the prospect of favourable river conditions I prepared myself for my first trip of the […]

Mark Isherwood A.M. continues to support anglers: reply from Lesley Griffiths.

Lesley Griffiths AS/MS

Gweinidog yr Amgylchedd, Ynni a Materion Gwledig Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs Bae Caerdydd • Cardiff Bay Caerdydd • Cardiff CF99 1SN Canolfan Cyswllt Cyntaf / First Point of Contact Centre: 0300 0604400 Gohebiaeth

.Lesley.Griffiths@llyw.cymru

Correspondence.

Lesley.Griffiths@gov.wales

Rydym yn croesawu derbyn gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg. Byddwn […]

Access to Inland Waterways: Welsh Government Outline Policy Intent

National Access Forum

05/11/19

This paper is intended to provide clarity on the Welsh Government’s preferred direction of travel for access to inland waters for recreation purposes. It provides some recent background and context but is not intended to re-produce the detailed history which has been comprehensively documented.

Background

Welsh Government is considering […]