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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conditions are necessary to import juvenile trout from fish farms in Northern Ireland for stocking purposes in rivers, lakes or fish farms in i) England or ii) Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conditions are necessary to import juvenile trout from fish farms in Northern Ireland for stocking purposes in rivers, lakes or fish farms in i) England or ii) Scotland.
Movements into GB from Northern Ireland of live fish (including eggs and gametes) that are susceptible to or vectors for listed aquatic animal diseases must be accompanied by an animal health certificate issued by thecompetent authority in the place of origin. The certificate must confirm that the animals or goods meet the animal health requirements for entry into Great Britain. Certificate GBHC674 sets out the requirements for placing on the market aquaculture animals from Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependences into GB for farming, ornamental use, relaying or depuration, put and take fisheries and other purposes, this includes juvenile trout from fish farms in Northern Ireland moving to fisheries in GB for stocking purposes.
Notification to the relevant Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) (Cefas FHI in England and Wales; Marine Scotland FHI in Scotland) is required at least 24 hours before importing live fish. As required by The Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 and The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009 the destination premises must also be authorised by the relevant FHI. Further guidance on movements of fish into Great Britain from Northern Ireland has been published on GOV.UK.
A month ago, I met Oliver Robinson from the British Trout Association. The association has produced an excellent report on the trout farming industry in the UK, but Oliver is struggling to get engagement from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Ministers. I tried to ask the Secretary of...
A month ago, I met Oliver Robinson from the British Trout Association. The association has produced an excellent report on the trout farming industry in the UK, but Oliver is struggling to get engagement from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Ministers. I tried to ask the Secretary of...
I am happy to help facilitate a conversation with the relevant Minister about trout farming.
I am happy to help facilitate a conversation with the relevant Minister about trout farming.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure oversight of the welfare of trout on farms in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure oversight of the welfare of trout on farms in England.
Current legislation provides protection for farmed fish. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, including fish, or to fail to provide for the welfare needs of a protected animal, for which that person is responsible.
Any allegations of welfare issues on trout farms in England will be investigated by the Animal and Plant Health Agency and where there are non-compliances with the regulations, appropriate action will be taken.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to sustain and increase the stocks of trout and salmon in rivers and lakes in England and Wales in the face of predation by cormorants and other native and non-native birds.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to sustain and increase the stocks of trout and salmon in rivers and lakes in England and Wales in the face of predation by cormorants and other native and non-native birds.
This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.
The answer to Question HL1183 sets out the Government’s approach to managing bird predation on wild Atlantic salmon.
The Environment Agency (EA) manages salmon and sea trout fisheries in England. In 2018 national byelaws effectively closed the remaining salmon net fisheries and adjusted the seasons for the remaining sea trout net fisheries. In 2023, 95% and 89% of recreational salmon and sea trout catches respectively were released, alive. This has been achieved through a combination of voluntary or mandatory measures. Where necessary, the EA has introduced river specific regulatory measures to better protect sea trout, including size restrictions and bag limits.
The EA also works with partner organisations to address other pressures facing salmon and sea trout, such as barriers to fish passage. A full list of actions related to salmon can be found in the England and Wales “Implementation Plan” (copy attached) to the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO), along with annual progress updates available on NASCO’s website. The EA is currently re-assessing the key pressures on salmon, in England, ahead of producing a new implementation plan in 2025/26.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they have undertaken or commissioned into the decline of stocks of wild salmon and sea trout, and the polluting effects of farmed salmon.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they have undertaken or commissioned into the decline of stocks of wild salmon and sea trout, and the polluting effects of farmed salmon.
Freshwater fisheries and aquaculture policy is devolved in the UK. In England, Defra has funded numerous projects on factors that could contribute to the decline in stocks of wild salmon and sea trout. These can be found on the Defra research database at http://randd.defra.gov.uk/. We have not commissioned any research on the potential environmental impacts of salmon farming in recent years.
The devolved administrations also have active research programmes on migratory fish and these can be found at:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Salmon-Trout-Coarse/Freshwater/Research
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Salmon-Trout-Coarse/Freshwater/Research/Aqint
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to secure the stocks of salmon and sea trout along the coast of West Sussex; and into which rivers those stocks commonly run.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to secure the stocks of salmon and sea trout along the coast of West Sussex; and into which rivers those stocks commonly run.
The Environment Agency (EA) enforces byelaws to ensure that fish stocks remain healthy. These byelaws prevent the sale of rod and line caught salmonids, provide a close season during spawning and encourage fish to grow to adulthood by imposing minimum size limits for retained fish. There is no licenced net fishery along the West Sussex coast.
The EA is also conserving and enhancing salmon and sea trout stocks by sharing resources with regulatory partners and by supporting communities, landowners and fisheries representatives. This includes conducting patrols with the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) to protect fish stocks from illegal plunder. The Sussex IFCA is reviewing legislative measures for protecting migratory fish, subject to consultation.
The EA’s work with partners also includes improving fish passage and habitat by planting trees to provide protective shade for fish and by constructing fish passes, such as on the River Ouse at East Mascalls. Through improving water quality the Environment Agency aims to maximise fish spawning success and is working with the Sussex Flow Initiative to address pollution from diffuse sources.
Young salmon (or parr) were seen for the first time on the River Ems in West Sussex during the EA’s 2016 fish survey. This is testament to the collective impact of this work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will conduct an assessment on the effect on salmon and sea trout stocks of an increase in the bass stock.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will conduct an assessment on the effect on salmon and sea trout stocks of an increase in the bass stock.
The Government has no plans to conduct an assessment on the effect on salmon and trout stocks of such an increase, but previous studies show that salmon have a number of predators including pike, cod, sea trout and bass.
Current assessment of the EU bass stocks indicate a rapidly declining biomass due to an extended period of poor reproduction and increasing fishing mortality. There is no obvious correlation between bass predation and salmon stocks since both have been declining.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to protect ferox brown trout in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to protect ferox brown trout in the UK.
All the devolved Administrations manage predatory or ferox brown trout as part of the wider brown trout population, rather than as a separate species.
Fishing for trout, including ferox brown trout, is highly regulated. Measures include annual close seasons when fishing is not allowed, requirements to obtain a licence to fish, and byelaws regulating fishing methods and the minimum size of fish that can be taken.
Regulation of the movement or introduction of fish into and between waters is also undertaken. This protects against interbreeding between native and introduced trout, which can lower the survival chances of native wild trout, and helps maintain and protect local populations of different types or subspecies of brown trout.
Brown trout and their prey species also benefit from the work undertaken to protect and improve the water environment to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive.
Licensable Means of Fishing Order 2010 (SI 2010/2910). With an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 9th December 2010. Coming into force 1st January 2011.
Licensable Means of Fishing Order 2010 (SI 2010/2910). With an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 9th December 2010. Coming into force 1st January 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of progress in the (a) protection and (b) improvement of coarse and non-migratory trout fisheries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of progress in the (a) protection and (b) improvement of coarse and non-migratory trout fisheries.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether, in light of the decision by the Government of the Republic of Ireland to buy out, on a compulsory basis, all licences to take salmon and sea trout in drift nets off its coast, they will take steps to accelerate the closure of mixed-stock net fisheries...
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether, in light of the decision by the Government of the Republic of Ireland to buy out, on a compulsory basis, all licences to take salmon and sea trout in drift nets off its coast, they will take steps to accelerate the closure of mixed-stock net fisheries...
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.
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.
| 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 |
asked Her Majesty's Government:Which mixed-stock net fisheries in England for salmon and sea trout are expected to operate in 2007; which river stocks these fisheries predominantly exploit; and, in the case of salmon, which of these river stocks (a) are currently failing to meet their conservation limits; and (b) are...
asked Her Majesty's Government:Which mixed-stock net fisheries in England for salmon and sea trout are expected to operate in 2007; which river stocks these fisheries predominantly exploit; and, in the case of salmon, which of these river stocks (a) are currently failing to meet their conservation limits; and (b) are...
| River | Currently failing CL (2006 data)? | Current compliance with management objective(1)? | Predicted compliance with management objective in 2011(2)? |
| Aln | CL and management objective not set for this river | ||
| Coquet | No | Pass | Pass |
| Tyne | No | Pass | Pass |
| Wear | No | Pass | Pass |
| Tees | Yes | Fail | Fail |
| Yorkshire Esk | No | Uncertain | Uncertain |
| Wye | Yes | Fail | Fail |
| Severn | No | Uncertain | Uncertain |
| Usk (Wales) | No | Uncertain | Uncertain |
| Taff &Ely (Wales) | Yes | Fail | Fail |
| Rhymney & Ebbw (Wales) & Parrett | CLs and management objectives not set for these rivers | ||
| Note: | |||
| (1) The management objective is to meet or exceed conservation limits four years out of five | |||
| (2) The Environment Agency's predictions of compliance are to 2011 not 2010 | |||
| 1 Potter and O’Maoileidigh, 2006 |
I. Salmonid and freshwater fisheries statistics for England and Wales, 2003: (declared catches of salmon and migratory trout by rods, nets and other instruments). [Fisheries statistics 2003]. 28 p. II. Annual assessment of salmon stocks and fisheries in England and Wales, 2004: preliminary assessment prepared for ICES, March 2005. 79 p.
I. Salmonid and freshwater fisheries statistics for England and Wales, 2003: (declared catches of salmon and migratory trout by rods, nets and other instruments). [Fisheries statistics 2003]. 28 p. II. Annual assessment of salmon stocks and fisheries in England and Wales, 2004: preliminary assessment prepared for ICES, March 2005. 79...
What further measures they have in mind to help resolve the conflict with the trout fisheries and their representative organisations over the further culling of cormorants. [HL 4589].
What further measures they have in mind to help resolve the conflict with the trout fisheries and their representative organisations over the further culling of cormorants. [HL 4589].
Northern Ireland Grand Committee adjournment debate on the ADSEA project in Strangford Lough. (Committee sitting in Westminster). Agreed to on question.
Northern Ireland Grand Committee adjournment debate on the ADSEA project in Strangford Lough. (Committee sitting in Westminster). Agreed to on question.
To what extent the Environment Agency can assure the public that trout carrying the infectious ligula tapeworm spread by cormorants are not harmful to consumers. [HL 692].
To what extent the Environment Agency can assure the public that trout carrying the infectious ligula tapeworm spread by cormorants are not harmful to consumers. [HL 692].