The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 10 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
10.—(1) The temporary use of fish traps.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are—
(a)the trap has dimensions of no greater than 2 metres x 1 metre x 0.75 metre,
(b)any trap, or combination of traps, placed in the main river is less than one third of the width of the channel,
(c)the trap is not used when the main river is in a condition of high flow, and
(d)the trap is located more than 50 metres upstream or downstream from any dam or other obstruction.
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