Devon & Severn IFCA Will lead, champion & manage a sustainable marine environment & inshore fisheries,

by successfully securing the right balance between social, environmental and economic benefits to ensure healthy seas, sustainable fisheries and a viable industry.

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Enforcement Officers conduct weekend patrols

Devon and Severn IFCA Enforcement Officers have been conducting weekend shore patrols around the District.

Have Your Say

The Marine Management Organisation begins a consultation on the South West Inshore & Offshore Marine Plan

Salcombe Harbour Patrols

Devon and Severn IFCA have recently conducted patrols within the Salcombe Harbour area to monitor the small-scale scallop dredge fishery that is regulated via D&S IFCA mobile fishing permit conditions.

Sand Eel Trawling – Have Your Say

D&S IFCA is inviting you to have your say on the development of Mobile Fishing Byelaw Permit Conditions to manage the activity of sand eel trawling for both commercial and recreational fishers.

Notice to Fishers - Exclusion Zone now in place near Plymouth

An exclusion zone that will potentially apply until 28th November 2020 is now in place. This exclusion zone, in the Plymouth area, is to protect some equipment deployed on the sea bed and sea surface by Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

D&S IFCA’s Second Lecture to Plymouth MSc Students

D&S IFCA officer Sarah Curtin gave a two-hour lecture on Thursday 28th November 2019 to Plymouth University students participating in the MSc programme in Environmental Consultancy.

Read the D&S IFCA Winter Newsletter “Inshore Insights”

D&S IFCA’s quarterly e-newsletter “Inshore Insights” is now available for you to read and provides a mixture of information and news related to our core work.

The Achievements of D&S IFCA Published in 2018/19 Annual Report

D&S IFCA has produced an Annual Report for the period 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019. The report sets out which tasks D&S IFCA has completed to meet its duty to manage inshore fisheries in the District.

Somerset Fishermen Undertake Sampling for Bristol Channel Herring Project

Commercial herring fishermen from Minehead in Somerset have joined forces with scientists and fisheries managers from Swansea University, the Blue Marine Foundation and Devon and Severn IFCA to study herring in the Bristol Channel.

D&S IFCA prepare to make a new Hand Working Permit Byelaw

D&S IFCA’s Byelaw and Permitting Sub Committee have concluded that a new Hand Working Permit Byelaw will be developed to manage the use of crab tiles, bait digging and many other hand gathering types of fishing activity.

D&S IFCA Workshop for MSc Marine Conservation Students

D&S IFCA Officers hosted University of Plymouth’s MSc Marine Conservation students at a workshop to discuss the scope and detail of the work of the IFCA and to undertake a role play exercise to determine possible management measures for an emerging fishery.

D&S IFCA’s Mariculture lecture at Plymouth University

D&S IFCA Environment Officer Oliver Thomas gave a two-hour lecture on Wednesday 30th October 2019 on the Sustainable Aquaculture MSc programme to Plymouth University students.