Written question asked by Lord Dear (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Monday, 30 April 2007.

Fishing: Salmon and Sea Trout

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:On which rivers in England licensed net fisheries for salmon and sea trout are expected to operate in 2007; and which of these rivers (a) are currently failing to meet their conservation limits; and(b) are expected to fail their conservation limits in 2010.

Answer

The information requested is set out in the table below:

River with net fishery	Currently failing CL (2006 data)?	Current compliance with management objective(1)?	Predicted compliance with management objective in 2011(2)?
Hants Avon (3)	Yes	Fail	Fail
Stour (3)	Yes	Fail	Fail
Frome	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Piddle	Yes	Fail	Fail
Exe	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Teign	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Dart	Yes	Fail	Fail
Camel	No	Pass	Pass
Fowey	No	Pass	Pass
Taw	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Torridge	Yes	Fail	Uncertain
Severn	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Wye	Yes	Fail	Fail
Dee	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Ribble	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Lune	No	Pass	Pass
Kent	No	Pass	Pass
Leven	Yes	Fail	Uncertain
Duddon	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Eden	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Border Esk	No	Uncertain	Uncertain
Notes:
(1) The management objective is to meet or exceed conservation limits four years out of five
(2) Our predictions are for failure of management objective in 2011 not 2010
(3) Avon and Stour nets fish for sea trout and release all salmon caught

Secondary information