What UK Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975: Prohibited Methods, Fixed Engines, Fish Passes, Close Seasons and Licensing requires
The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 is the principal statute protecting salmon, trout, freshwater fish and eels in England and Wales, regulating how, when and with what authority fish may be taken, administered by the Environment Agency. The Act prohibits destructive methods of taking fish: section 1 prohibits the use of certain implements, section 4 prohibits putting poisonous matter or polluting effluent into waters containing fish, and section 5 prohibits the use of explosives, poisons or noxious substances and electrical devices to take or destroy fish, and the destruction of dams. It controls structures in rivers: section 6 regulates fixed engines, section 7 fishing weirs and section 8 fishing mill dams. It secures fish migration: section 9 imposes a duty to make and maintain fish passes, section 10 empowers the appropriate agency to construct and alter fish passes, and section 12 penalises injuring or obstructing a fish pass or free gap. It sets temporal protection through section 19 (close seasons and close times) and section 20 (close seasons and close times for fixed engines and obstructions). It requires authority to fish: section 25 provides for licences to fish and section 27 makes unlicensed fishing an offence. Enforcement is carried out by water bailiffs and others under sections 31 (powers of search), 34 (power to apprehend persons fishing illegally) and 35 (power to require production of fishing licences). The Act is the legal framework that keeps freshwater and migratory fisheries sustainable by banning destructive methods, protecting migration and licensing the right to fish.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: UK Parliament / Environment Agency · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/51/contents
SHA-256 integrity: e63f137bee9131a9b14aa36fe9d9f969684ea970411f54d68a7ea63e384a8c32
Primary Citations — 8 traced to source
- Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975, section 1 - prohibited implements.
- Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975, section 4 - poisonous matter and polluting effluent; section 5 prohibition of explosives, poisons or electrical devices and destruction of dams.
+ 6 more citations (full bibliography, deterministic workflow, actionable schema and crosswalks) included in the vault unlock — $0.01 via Skyfire / L402 / Direct Base USDC.
Access
- Discovery (free): /api/v1/nodes/uk-salmon-and-freshwater-fisheries-act-1975.json — 6-field metadata
- Vault (full node): /api/v1/vault/nodes/uk-salmon-and-freshwater-fisheries-act-1975.json — full 13-key payload, $0.01 USDC (L402/Skyfire/Direct Base)
- Canonical URL: https://bidda.com/intelligence/uk-salmon-and-freshwater-fisheries-act-1975
- Back to registry: Browse all 10,090 compliance nodes