SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES ACT 1975

WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991

ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY NATIONAL CRAYFISH BYELAWS

Notice is hereby given that the Environment Agency intends to apply, to the Fisheries Minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in England and the Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside in Wales for confirmation of Byelaws made under the Water Resources Act 1991 as amended by the Environment Act 1995, for the regulation of trapping of crayfish as follows:

1. The authorisation and use of traps for catching native and non-native crayfish in inland waters.
2. Return of fish by-catch.
3. Crayfish catch returns.
4. Describing the size of instruments and the entrances to instruments that may be used to catch native and non-native crayfish, and specifying their mode of use.
5. Provision for exemption from national byelaw requirements for Agency employees acting in official capacity or others with written Agency permission.

Copies of the Byelaws have been deposited at the offices of the Agency at the addresses shown below:

Head Office, Rio House, Waterside Drive, Aztec West Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4UD;
North East Region, Rivers House, 21 Park Square South, Leeds LS1 2GQ;
Anglian Region, Kingfisher House, Goldhay Way, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough PE2 0ZR;
Thames Region, Kings Meadow House, Kings Meadow Road, Reading RG1 8DQ;
Southern Region, Guildbourne House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1LD;
South West Region, Manley House, Kestrel Way, Exeter EX2 7LQ;
Midlands Region, Sapphire East, 550 Streetsbrook Road, Solihull, West Midlands B91 1QT;
Environment Agency Wales, Cambria House, 29 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 0TP; and
North West Region, Richard Fairclough House, Knutsford Road, Warrington WA4 1HG;

and will be open to inspection, free of charge, from Monday to Friday during normal office hours from the date of publication of this notice until Friday 21 January 2005. During the same period copies of the Byelaws will be supplied on demand at these offices, free of charge, to any person.
Any person who wishes to object to the confirmation of the above Byelaws must send a written statement of their objection to Emma Southard, Fisheries Division IIb, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Room 109, 10 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HH, or to Alex Ross, Welsh Assembly Government, Agriculture and Fisheries Policy Division 2, CP2, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ, to arrive no later than 21 January 2005, and must send a copy of the statement of objection to Andy Martin, Environment Agency, Rio House, Waterside Drive, Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4UD.