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Blood ,sweat & tears
In 2005 our fishermen decided to build a net house / visitor focal , information point on the picnic site overlooking the fishing grounds...


Supporting the Living levels project
The living levels project has been awarded a huge lottery grant . Our fishermen have been asked to help on many ocasions with the project...


Give on example of a traditional fishery which has been closed returning to operations .............
Evidence submitted to the ongoing All wales byelaw inquiry states that Traditional fishery's can be closed temporarily then re-opened...


Promotion of our fishery and way of life.
For the past 17 years our fishermen have worked tirelessly to promote the fishery as a tourism heritage site and have exhibited all over...


Restrictions to our fishery
Our salmon lave net fishery must be the most naturally restricted fishery there is ........added to that are the enforced restrictions...


A river cannot be policed from an office.
With bailiff numbers cut to the bone poachers have free rein to operate on our rivers . If anyone thinks this problem has gone away they...


2001... An invite to the Welsh assembly to present a petition
With the threat of restrictions and closure in the Environment Agency's severn estuary action plan at that time it was decided to ask the...


Who said lave netting was easy.....A little bit of our recent history.
From 1998 until 2008 our lave net fishery was under constant threat from the Environment agency of closure or restriction . This changed...


All wales fishing byelaw inquiry
Friends attended the 1st day of this inquiry . Their view is that fishermen will " stand no chance " . against full legal teams and...


COMMON SENSE ..................
Here,s a few ideas to improve stock on rivers . 1/ Look at the Wye foundations river restoration and fund raising work and copy. 2/...
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