KLAA on Byelaws

Written by Ashley Brown
Thursday, 14 January 2010 11:17
At the King's Lynn AA committee meeting last night the current EA byelaw proposals were discussed. KLAA have been fighting to protect fish stocks including zander in the waters they control from poachers and fish stealers for some months now. KLAA were led to belive in meetings with the EA that the marine Bill would offer the club the protection and help it would need to enforce its no fish to be removed rule. However zander are now not going to be put on schedule 1 giving them the same protection as other fish. KLAA feel that although zander are Non Native they were legally stocked in 1963 by the then EA and they now form an important part of the Fens ecology. The fens are now providing outstanding fishing for both predator and silver fish anglers and as a club we want to keep that balance. KLAA have always supported predator anglers and angling in the fens,so please support KLAA by responding to the EA asking for zander in the fens to be put on schedule 1 If you wish to object or offer support to the new byelaws, please write to Alexander Kinninmonth at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Marine and Freshwater Biodiversity Division, Area 2D, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or to Graham Rees at the Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru/Welsh Assembly Government, Yr Uned Bysgodfeydd/Fisheries Unit, Rhodfa Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3UR ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). The closing date for objections is Wednesday 20 January 2010. At the same time, please send a copy to Mat Crocker, Head of Fisheries, Environment Agency, Rio House, Waterside Drive , Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol , BS32 4UD or by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . At the end of the consultation period, copies of the responses may be made public. The information contained may also be published in a summary of responses. If you do not consent to this, you must clearly request that your response be treated confidentially. You should also be aware that there may be circumstances in which the Environment Agency will be required to communicate information to third parties on request, in order to comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations.