12/12/02
 SAA PRESS RELEASE
NORTH
WEST REGION EA
DEAD-BAIT and LIVE-BAIT BAN DEFINITION
OF LEGAL and ILLEGAL BAITS The
SAA and its predator group members, including PAC and the eel groups, are fundamentally
opposed to the ban on live-baits and freshwater dead-baits imposed on certain
waters, by the North West Region of the Environment Agency. Nevertheless, we are
publishing this guide to which baits may still be used to clarify the confusion
which exists on this matter. WATERS
AFFECTED:
Bassenthwaite Lake,
Brothers Water, Buttermere, Coniston Water, Crummock Water, Derwent Water, Ennerdale
Water, Haweswater, Loweswater, Red Tarn, Thirlmere, Ullswater, Wast Water and
Windermere. LIVEBAITS:
All livebaits are banned on the above named waters. DEADBAITS:
The following are are classified
as freshwater fish
and are banned as deadbaits on the waters named above:
- Salmon
- Trout
(all species - rainbow, brown, etc)
- Sea
trout
- Pollan
- Brook
lamprey
- All coarse fish - including
roach, perch and eel
The following
species are classified as sea
fish and can
be used as bait in the lakes and tarns listed
above:
- Herring
- Sprat
- Mackerel
- Sardine
- Horse
mackerel (scad)
- Smelt
- Lamprey (sea or river, but not brook lamprey)
- Garfish
- Capelin
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