Closed area · Cornwall IFCA
Trawling prohibited
River and Estuarine Fishing Nets Byelaw 2017 · in force since 2018-01-08
A CAUGHT review has read the instrument behind this closure, rather than relying on the summary published with the boundary. Where the two differ, the instrument governs; this reading was made on 2026-11-01.
As announced by the authority: using a net to take sea fish in any river or estuary in the district is an offence, as is carrying a net aboard a vessel fishing for sea fish there, subject to listed exceptions.
Cornwall IFCA bans most netting for sea fish in tidal rivers and estuaries, with exceptions for permitted ebb nets and sand eel seines and for low-impact nets. This record rests on the authority's announcement of the byelaw, not its text.
A person must not place or use a fishing net for fishing for or taking sea fish in a river, estuary, channel or stream.
Summary as published in the source dataset, shown for comparison. A dataset paraphrase can be narrower or wider than the instrument it summarises, and finding out which is the work above.
No cases have been recorded in this closure. That is not a finding that nothing happens here — it means our sweeps have not flagged anything inside these boundaries, and coverage depends on satellite passes and on vessels being tracked at all.
What a case here means. A CAUGHT case is a reason to look, not a verdict. Each one is judged on three independent factors — was it fishing, here and then; what gear does the vessel actually use; and what was prohibited there at that time — and the weakest of the three decides. Most cases are resolved.
Boundaries and rule summaries come from the published datasets named at the foot of this page and can contain errors; the legislation is the authority. If you believe this closure is described wrongly, tell us at contact@caught.org.uk.
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