9:13 pm
Bigsweir: 39 in Oct including 3 over 20lbs and some clean fish taking their total to 127 for the season.
9:12 pm
Rectory: 14lb fish in good condition from Island stream today.
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Non-migratory trout, char, freshwater fish (coarse fish) and eels
Full annual
£33.00
£35.80
£36.80
Concessionary annual (2)
£22.00
£23.80
£24.50
Junior annual (3)
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
8-day temporary
£13.20
£14.30
£14.70
1-day temporary
£6.60
£7.10
£7.30
Full annual 3 rod licence
£49.50
£53.70
£55.30
Concessionary annual 3 rod licence
£33.00
£35.80
£36.80
Salmon, migratory trout (sea trout), non-migratory trout, char, freshwater fish (coarse fish) and eels
Full annual
£86.10
£90.40
£93.10
Concessionary annual (2)
£57.40
£60.20
£62.00
Junior annual (3)
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
8-day temporary
£28.30
£29.70
£30.50
1-day temporary
£12.60
£13.20
£13.50
Notes:
What is
happening?
Proposed new rod
licence duties for the period 2023 to 2026 have now been advertised. A copy of
the statutory notice is attached and includes details of the consultation
process as well as a summary of the new duties. The statutory process allows
one month for objections to be submitted to Welsh Government (closing
date 18thNovember). For
Welsh submissions E-mail: Fisheries.Wales@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Why now?
Duties were last
increased in 2016. Since then, licence income has steadily decreased. In
addition, inflation has eroded the spending power of the income we receive from
rod licence sales in Wales. Increases are, therefore, necessary if we are to at
least maintain current levels of service provided by NRW’s Fisheries service.
We estimate the increased duties will bring in an additional £100,000 of income
in 2023/24.
What will it
mean?
Market research
indicates anglers are generally happy with rod licensing arrangements and most
will tolerate a small increase in duties to help support the Fisheries service.
These proposals will result in a £3 increase in a Full Coarse & Trout
Licence in 2023 with smaller increases proposed for 2024 and 2025 (the increase
for migratory salmonid licence holders in 2023 will be £4.10, again with
proportionally smaller increases in 2024 and 2025). All licence categories will
see an increase, however, the Junior Licence will remain free of charge and the
eligibility age for the Senior Concession will increase from 65 to 66, in line
with the state pension age.
Next steps
After the
consultation closes in November, we will then write to our Minister in Welsh
Government seeking formal approval. We need to do this before the new duties
can come in. If approval is received, then the new duties will
commence from 1st April 2023.
To register a formal
objection to these proposals responders are asked to use the email or
postal addresses as shown in the attached formal notice and ensure any
correspondences are submitted by the closing date (18 November). Copies of all
correspondences will be included in our request for approval of the new duties to
Welsh Government.
Kind regards,
Dave Charlesworth
Senior Officer
People & Places Team (SW)
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