The River Dart SAP Consultation Document

• Other Authors: Environment Agency South West
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Environment Agency 2003
• Subjects: Fisheries; Limnology; Management; England; Cornwall; Rivers Dart; Inland waters; Freshwater fish; Migratory species; Salmon Action Plan; Fish catch statistics; Fishery data; Fishery management; Fishery regulations; Nature conservation; Water quality; Spawning targets; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/27376

This is the River Dart Salmon Action Plan Consultation document produced by the Environment Agency in 2003. The report pays attention on the external consultation of the River Dart Salmon Action Plan (SAP). This strategy represents an entirely new approach to salmon management within the UK and introduces the concept of river-specific salmon spawning targets as a salmon management tool. The north of the River Dart catchment is included in the Dartmoor candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC), designated under the Council EC Directive 92/43/EEC, the “Habitats Directive”. One of the conservation objectives for the cSAC is to maintain the habitat for Atlantic Salmon, Salmo Salar in favourable condition. The River Dart is an important salmon, sea trout and brown trout fishery with no significant coarse fishery. However, eels are ubiquitous throughout the catchment and are lightly exploited. The River Dart SAP contains a description of the river catchment and highlights particular features that are relevant to the salmon population and the associated fishery. Environment Agency Archives South West