A team of researchers from the University of Gloucestershire, working with Fishing into the Future, who have been commissioned by Defra, are working to develop an annual surveyRead More >

We are extending the deadline for responses to the formal consultation on the following byelaws: Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds 2023 Crab and Lobster 2023 The new deadline forRead More >

Catchwise is a new survey of recreational sea angling taking place across England and Wales in 2023 and 2024.  This project is being delivered by the Angling TrustRead More >

The MMO have launched the annual national campaign to recruit members for each of the ten IFCAs in England.   Eastern IFCA would like to encourage applications fromRead More >

The Wash Fishery Order 1992 (WFO), which is a hybrid regulating and several order used to manage wild shellfisheries (primarily cockles and mussels) and aquaculture lays in theRead More >

Eastern IFCA has renewed the closure of the Horseshoe Point cockle fishery under Byelaw XXIV, as a continuation of the existing circumstances. The lack of water classification inRead More >

As stated in the Wash Dredge Mussel and Wash Hand-work Mussel Re-laying Fishery Licence Conditions, The Wash Fishery Order 1992 Mussel re-laying fisheries will close at 23.59 onRead More >

22 July 2022 The Wash Fishery Order 1992 Cockle and Mussel re-laying fisheries will be open from 04:30 on 26 July 2022. The management measures for both fisheriesRead More >

The Authority commissioned MarFishEco to undertake an economic assessment of the Wash fisheries. The intention of the assessment was to better understand the economic viability of the WashRead More >

Pending the introduction of new policies on access to the Wash cockle and mussel fisheries upon the expiry of the Wash Fishery Order 1992 early next year, theRead More >