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A public fishery

The origins of the lave net are obscure but is most probably the ladenet of John Smyth of Nibley who writing in 1639 says "Howbeit in...

A Chepstow arts group has secured funding for a SEAL TRAIL in Chepstow ,celebrating good old Sammy the seal . They have uttered the magic...

Our facebook page has really taken off with 19,000 " followers " throughout the world. Hard to believe that 25 years ago few would have...

3rd March sees the start of the Salmon angling season on the rivers WYE & USK , these two fisheries will fish right up to 17th October ,...

99.9% of people will not see the harsh reality of what is happening out on the Severn estuary. Our fishermen spend more time than most in...

Easy to spout........SSSI but this is the reality of it that 99.9 % of people do not see. At the moment the amount of plastic and Sewage...

Not bad for a bunch of " lave netters " . Interest in our fishery (or what's left of it ) from a world wide audience has seen our page...

Closing of sections of our seas to "Help stocks recover " is in vogue at the moment.......Nursery areas , sanctuary's all buzz words used...

Hard times for villagers back in the day but the old timers would always say that living by the severn estuary they would always have a...

The seasons are changing and so is the rod and line fishing . Hopefully there will be a good run of cod this year but looking at the...