The Black Rock Lave Net Heritage Fishery

Paul , our chairman and Rob busy at work stripping willow reams for our net repairs. The coming season is close now and all the lave nets...

This for those who are interested is the real world. A comparison between Black rock lave net fishermen's catch and the EDF Hinkley...

Throughout the lave netting close season there is always great interest in our fishery and we get many invites to speak / demonstrate to...

Our fishermen welcomed BBC Countryfile director Kath to our fishery last week . Kath was very interested in our fishery ,it's heritage...

A couple of months ago our fishermen were down to the "levels " that back the estuary looking for potential "Ream" for our nets . The...

It's that time of year again for harvesting willow "Reams " , arms for the lave net down on the caldicot Levels . The pollarded trees...

A beautiful winters day and a visit of 84 children to our fishery ........ A credit to the school they were engaging and keen to learn...

Eighty four children will visit our fishery to day to learn about the estuary and our lave nets . We set out islands with net making ,...

Passing on the skills to make and repair the lave net is a huge part of what we do . If the fishery had been closed all this heritage...

A link to the past are the "finds" at low tide in the close season . Winter time usually turns up a few ! Yesterday we found this ink...