§ Lord Mason of Barnsleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list the names of fishery owners and organisations who have made representations to government departments about concerns over cormorant predation; which still waters are being affected; and whether the National Rivers Authority and the government departments concerned have considered an effective management plan to reduce and stabilise cormorant and sawbill populations at an acceptable level to fisheries and conservation interests.
Viscount LongThose fishery owners and organisations who have made representations to the Government since 1st January 1994 about general concerns over cormorant predation in England rather than made licence applications are listed below. The full extent of cormorant predation on still waters is not known and this will form part of the research programme on cormorants and sawbills currently under consideration by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment, in consultation with other government departments, the National Rivers Authority, fisheries interests and conservation bodies.
Neither the National Rivers Authority nor the Government have considered a management plan to reduce and stabilise populations of cormorants and sawbills. However, at the fourth meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Bonn Convention in June 1994, a recommendation was adopted giving guidance to those countries in which cormorants are present on the preparation, where appropriate, of a management plan or policy aimed at maintaining a favourable conservation status for the cormorant and providing for the possibility of control action to prevent serious damage to fisheries. The recommendation highlighted the need, among other things, to monitor populations; to commission research to assess damage to fisheries and the effectiveness of scaring and other protection techniques; and to secure that cormorants may be killed only under controlled conditions having regard to the principles set out in the EC directive on the conservation of wild birds.
The names of Fishery Owners and Organisations which have made representations to government departments in England about general concerns over cormorant predation.
- C. R. Hemus Esq.
- P. M. Hobson Esq.
- G. Laws Esq.
- H. G. Mackrill Esq.
- S. Marsh-Smith Esq.
- Sir Cranley Onslow MP
- F. Sandison Esq.
- Major D. J. Shaw
- T. C. Watts Esq.
- Altrineham and District Angling Club
- Anglers Conservation Association
WA 75 - Aramstone Fishery
- Atlantic Salmon Association
- Blue Circle Northfleet Works Coarse Angling Club
- British Field Sports Society
- Burton Mutual Angling Club
- Central Council of Physical Recreation
- Clevedon and District Freshwater Angling Club
- Country Landowners Association
- Dartford and District Angling and Preservation Society
- Dove Valley Angling Association
- Duncan Cameron and Sons Ltd.
- Ernest Cook Trust
- Furness Fishing Association
- Godalming Angling Society
- Hampton Bishop Fishery
- Harris and Sheldon Group Ltd.
- Hereford and District Angling Association
- Holbeach and District Angling Club
- Institute of Fisheries Management
WA 76 - Kingfisher Angling and Preservation Society
- Lancashire Fishery Consultative Association
- Lee Valley Anglers Consultative Association
- Luggs Mouth and Lower Carrots Fishery
- National Federation of Anglers
- Northwich Anglers Association
- Orpington and District Angling Association
- Ouse Angling Preservation Society
- P M Fisheries
- Salmon and Trout Association
- Sandwich and District Angling Association
- Sam Davies Angling Syndicate
- Severn Fisheries Consultative Council
- St Helens Angling Association
- Wantsum Angling Association
- Warrington Anglers Association
- Wiltshire Anglers Association
- Woodville Angling Club
- Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association