Devon & Severn IFCA
All byelaws, including those listed below, are accessible on the Devon and Severn IFCA
website at www.devonandsevernifca.gov.uk
Byelaws that relate to the Yealm Estuary
Byelaw 3 – Scallop Close Season : No scallops shall be fished for or taken from a fishery
before 0700 and after 1900hrs
No scallop to be taken from a fishery during July August
and September each year
Byelaw 6 – Restrictions on Trawling: No person shall trawl or trammel net for fishing for sea fish
in the landward side of a line drawn from Season Point to
Mouthstone Point in the Yealm Estuary.
Byelaw 10 – Winkles:
No person shall remove from a fishery any winkle that pass
easily through a gauge within a square opening of 16mm
Byelaw 17 – Fixed Engines (nets):
No fixed engines may be set in the waters inshore of a line
drawn from Season Point to Mouthstone Point on the River
Yealm
Byelaw 19 – Prohibiting Netting:
No net shall be used for taking fish in all tidal waters inside
a line drawn 203o True from Season Point to Mouthstone
Point
Byelaw 22 – Pots used for fishing for Crustacea:
Escape gap must be fitted to any pot, which has an
entrance fitted with a soft eye, to be used for the
fishing of brown crabs, lobsters and spider crabs.
Byelaw 27 Undersized and Berried Lobsters:
The minimum landing size for lobsters in the Devon &
Severn IFCA district is 90mm
No berried (eggs bearing) lobsters shall be removed from
a fishery
The Bass ( Specified Areas ) ( Prohibition of Fishing ) Order 1990
As varied by 1999 No. 75
The Bass ( Specified Areas ) ( Prohibition of Fishing ) Order 1999
Prohibition
Fishing for bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ), or fishing for any species of seafish using sand-eels ( Ammodytidae as bait, by any fishing boat within any
part of the areas shown below is prohibited during the periods specified.
Byelaws that relate to the Erme Estuary
Byelaw 3 – Scallop Close Season : No scallops shall be fished for or taken from a fishery
before 0700 and after 1900hrs
No scallop to be taken from a fishery during July August
and September each year
Byelaw 10 – Winkles:
No person shall remove from a fishery any winkle that pass
easily through a gauge within a square opening of 16mm
Byelaw 17 – Fixed Engines (nets):
No fixed engines may be set in the waters inshore of a line
drawn from Beacon Point to the seaward extremity of
Battisborough Island on the Erme Estuary
Byelaw 22 – Pots used for fishing for Crustacea:
Escape gap must be fitted to any pot, which has an
entrance fitted with a soft eye, to be used for the
fishing of brown crabs, lobsters and spider crabs.
Byelaw 27 Undersized and Berried Lobsters:
The minimum landing size for lobsters in the Devon &
Severn IFCA district is 90mm
No berried (carrying eggs) lobsters shall be removed from
a fishery
Byelaws that relate to the Salcombe Estuary
Byelaw 3 – Scallop Close Season : No scallops shall be fished for or taken from a fishery
before 0700 and after 1900hrs
No scallop to be taken from a fishery during July August
and September each year
Byelaw 6 – Restrictions on Trawling: No person shall trawl or trammel net for fishing for sea fish
in the landward side of a line drawn from Splat Point to
Limbury Point in the Salcombe Estuary.
Byelaw 10 – Winkles:
No person shall remove from a fishery any winkle that pass
easily through a gauge within a square opening of 16mm
Byelaw 17 – Fixed Engines (nets):
No fixed engines may be set in the waters inshore of a line
drawn from Splat Point to Limbury Point
Byelaw 22 – Pots used for fishing for Crustacea:
Escape gap must be fitted to any pot which has an e
entrance fitted with a soft eye to be used for the fishing of
brown crab, lobster and spider crab.
Byelaw 23 – Dredging in Salcombe Estuary:
Dredging for scallops is authorised to permit holder issued
by Devon and Severn IFCA within the Salcombe Estuary
between a line drawn across from Snapes Point to Scoble
Point and a line drawn across the estuary from Woodville
Rocks to Ager Point. The permitted fishery is restricted in
gear type used, time of year, time of day and boat size.
Byelaw 27 Undersized and Berried Lobsters:
The minimum landing size for lobsters in the Devon &
Severn IFCA district is 90mm
No berried (carrying eggs) lobsters shall be removed from
a fishery
The Bass ( Specified Areas ) ( Prohibition of Fishing ) Order 1990
As varied by 1999 No. 75
The Bass ( Specified Areas ) ( Prohibition of Fishing ) Order 1999
Prohibition
Fishing for bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ), or fishing for any species of seafish using sand-eels ( Ammodytidae as bait, by any fishing boat within any
part of the areas shown below is prohibited during the periods specified.
Between 30th April to 1st January
Byelaws that relate to the Avon Estuary
Byelaw 3 – Scallop Close Season : No scallops shall be fished for or taken from a fishery
before 0700 and after 1900hrs
No scallop to be taken from a fishery during July August
and September each year
Byelaw 10 – Winkles:
No person shall remove from a fishery any winkle that pass
easily through a gauge within a square opening of 16mm
Byelaw 17 – Fixed Engines (nets):
No fixed engines may be set in the waters inshore of a line
drawn from the seaward extremity of Burgh Island 090o
True to the coast
Byelaw 22 – Pots used for fishing for Crustacea:
Escape gap must be fitted to any pot, which has an
entrance fitted with a soft eye, to be used for the
fishing of brown crabs, lobsters and spider crabs.
Byelaw 27 Undersized and Berried Lobsters:
The minimum landing size for lobsters in the Devon &
Severn IFCA district is 90mm
No berried (carrying eggs) lobsters shall be removed from
a fishery
The Bass ( Specified Areas ) ( Prohibition of Fishing ) Order 1990
As varied by 1999 No. 75
The Bass ( Specified Areas ) ( Prohibition of Fishing ) Order 1999
Prohibition
Fishing for bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ), or fishing for any species of seafish using sand-eels ( Ammodytidae as bait, by any fishing boat within any
part of the areas shown below is prohibited during the periods specified.
Byelaws that relate to the Dart Estuary
Byelaw 3 – Scallop Close Season : No scallops shall be fished for or taken from a fishery
before 0700 and after 1900hrs
No scallop to be taken from a fishery during July August
and September each year
Byelaw 10 – Winkles:
No person shall remove from a fishery any winkle that pass
easily through a gauge within a square opening of 16mm
Byelaw 17 – Fixed Engines (nets):
No fixed engines may be set in the waters inshore of a line
drawn from Combe Point to Inner Froward Point
Byelaw 22 – Pots used for fishing for Crustacea:
Escape gap must be fitted to any pot, which has an
entrance fitted with a soft eye, to be used for the
fishing of brown crabs, lobsters and spider crabs.
Byelaw 27 Undersized and Berried Lobsters:
The minimum landing size for lobsters in the Devon &
Severn IFCA district is 90mm
No berried (carrying eggs) lobsters shall be removed from
a fishery
The Bass ( Specified Areas ) ( Prohibition of Fishing ) Order 1990
As varied by 1999 No. 75
The Bass ( Specified Areas ) ( Prohibition of Fishing ) Order 1999
Prohibition
Fishing for bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ), or fishing for any species of seafish using sand-eels ( Ammodytidae as bait, by any fishing boat within any
part of the areas shown below is prohibited during the periods specified.