Consultation outcome

River Esk byelaw consultation

From:
Environment Agency
Published
10 March 2022
Last updated
5 February 2025 — See all updates
This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

River Esk Tideway Byelaw 2022: response document

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Detail of outcome

The rod fishing byelaws for the North East have been updated.

Original consultation

Summary

Changing the River Esk byelaw from temporary to permanent.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

The Environment Agency intends to apply to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for confirmation of the byelaw for the River Esk, made under the Water Resources Act 1991.

The byelaw will prohibit fishing or attempting to take salmon and sea trout, smelt, shad, eels and freshwater fish by any means from the tideway of the River Esk in North Yorkshire, from Ruswarp Weir downstream to the Eskside Wharf.

This byelaw is considered necessary to protect the stocks of salmon and sea trout from the pressure of uncontrolled fishing in the tideway.

Updates to this page

Published 10 March 2022
Last updated 5 February 2025 + show all updates

  1. Added the consultation response document.

  2. Link added to Citizen Space for he summary of findings from the Esk Byelaw consultation.

  3. Unfortunately, the release date for this report has been delayed as more time is needed to review the results. We apologise for this delay and will endeavour to publish the report as soon as possible.

  4. First published.

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