The Black Rock Lave Net Heritage Fishery

Matt & Martin out on the estuary with the rods after a few spring cod . Found a few and some nice size thornbacks .

Keeping an eye on things out there in the close season is part of our fishermens year . This trammel net had not been used for a while...

Our net house is opened when ever we are about for visitors to look around . We repair & store nets here and it is our base . Breakfast...

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

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

Evidence submitted to the ongoing All wales byelaw inquiry states that Traditional fishery's can be closed temporarily then re-opened...

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

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

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...

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...