Fisheries: Migratory and freshwater fisheries
Working with others
Links to relevant organisations are given in the various sections of this web site. Responsibility for policy on salmon and freshwater fisheries in England rests with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, but the day to day management and regulatory responsibility for salmon and freshwater fisheries rests with the Environment Agency, who have a statutory duty to maintain, improve and develop salmon fisheries, trout fisheries, freshwater fisheries and eel fisheries. The Environment Agency's fisheries work is funded by rod and net licence duties and Government grant-in-aid. For more information on the role of the Environment Agency, please see their web site, which has a specific section on fisheries:
Page last modified:
17 January 2005
Page published: 17 January 2005