Coarse fishing close season on English rivers
Applies to England
Read the full outcome
Detail of outcome
Taking the available evidence into account, the Environment Agency has decided to retain the current close season.
See the detail in Coarse fishing close season on English rivers - report on public consultation.
Feedback received
Detail of feedback received
We received 13,680 responses.
For a summary, read the Coarse fishing close season on English rivers - consultation results summary.
For the detail, read the Coarse fishing close season on English rivers - report on public consultation.
Original consultation
Consultation description
The current coarse fishing close season on rivers, some canals and some stillwaters starts on 15 March and finishes on 15 June. There’s no close season on most canals and most stillwaters.
Close seasons are for reducing the risk to fish while they’re spawning. Not being able to fish for coarse fish on rivers during the current close season can restrict angler choice. However, changing or removing it may pose a risk to:
- fish stocks and the fisheries they support
- other wildlife
We want to hear from all those interested in coarse fish and fisheries. Your responses will help us decide if we need to keep, change or remove the current close season.
As a result of this consultation, we may make new byelaws. If we do, we must advertise them. This gives people the opportunity to object.
Documents
Updates to this page
Published 14 January 2019Last updated 30 December 2019 + show all updates
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We have added the consultation response report and a summary.
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First published.