The Keeping and Introduction of Fish (England and River Esk Catchment Area) Regulations 2015

Grant of permit

6.—(1) On receipt of an application for a permit authorising the carrying on of any of the activities mentioned in paragraph (2), the Agency may grant such a permit.

(2) The activities to which paragraph (1) refers are—

(a) the keeping of fish of a kind to which regulation 5 applies in inland waters;

(b) the introduction of fish into inland waters.

(3) A permit may be granted subject to such conditions as the Agency may see fit.

(4) In particular, conditions may be imposed—

(a) to limit the number of fish introduced into, or kept in, any inland waters;

(b) to minimise the risk of fish escaping from any inland waters;

(c) to ensure that the keeping or movement of fish is not harmful to the environment or to any fishery in waters that are connected to each other (including waters connected by a floodplain);

(d) in relation to the keeping and retention of records for any activity authorised by the permit;

(e) in relation to the disposal of fish;

(f) setting out the circumstances in which a permit holder must notify the Agency; and

(g) limiting the time for which the permit is valid, so that the keeping of specified fish in inland waters is only allowed as a temporary measure.

(5) In this regulation, “movement of fish” means removal of fish from, or introduction of fish into, inland waters.