We are pleased to inform that Byelaw 4 Potting Permit Byelaw 2020 has been signed off by the Secretary of State on the 6th of June.
As of the 6th of June, the following byelaws in the NWIFCA District have been revoked:
- Cumbria Sea Fisheries Committee Byelaw 8 Berried Lobsters 16 April 1993;
- Cumbria Sea Fisheries Committee Byelaw 25 Requirement for escape Gaps in Pots, Creels and Traps 20 October 1997;
- North West Sea Fisheries Committee Byelaw 31 Protection of V-notched lobsters 16 December 1997;
- Cumbria Sea Fisheries Committee Byelaw 26 Permit to Fish for Lobster, Crab and Whelks 20 January 2007; and
- North West Sea Fisheries Committee Byelaw 30 Fishing for Lobster, Crawfish, Crab, Prawn and Whelk 20 April 2007.
NEXT STEPS
Commercial applicants
All those who received confirmation from NWIFCA via letter that they had provided the required information for a Category 1 permit, should now contact the Whitehaven office for payment.
Once payment has been received a letter confirming your payment and a copy of your permit will be sent imminently.
Tags will be available two weeks after payment. You will receive notification when they have arrived and an invite to arrange a time slot for picking up tags and stickers from your nearest office.
In order to allow fishing to commence while permit holders wait for tags, a grace period has been granted to allow those who have received their permit letters to fish without the use of tags, and provide time to put the tags on gear. This grace period for tags will end on the 14th of July for commercial permit holders.
Contact for Whitehaven office:
NWIFCA Whitehaven: 01524 727970
Recreational applicants
Anyone who has applied for a recreational permit and received confirmation from NWIFCA via letter should now contact the Carnforth office for payment.
Once payment has been received a letter confirming your payment and a copy of permit will be sent imminently.
Tags will be available two weeks after payment. You will receive notification when they have arrived and an invite to arrange a time slot for picking up tags and stickers from your nearest office.
In order to allow fishing to commence while permit holders wait for tags, a grace period has been granted to allow those who have received their permit letters to fish without the use of tags, and provide time to put the tags on gear. This grace period for tags will end on the 7th of July for recreational permit holders.
Contact for Carnforth office:
NWIFCA Carnforth office: 01524 727 970
Appeals applicants
Those who have applied for a whelk track record and have gone to appeals will be contacted separately.
GUIDANCE ON THE NEW BYELAW
Byelaw 4 Potting Permit Byelaw can be found here:
Byelaw 4 Potting Permit 2020 (pdf)
For further guidance on the purpose of the byelaw, what it contains and how it will be introduced, please see the attached guidance document.
Guidance For Permit Applicants (pdf)
For any further information or questions please contact [email protected] or call 01524 727 970