Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to confirm two Orders made by the Environment Agency under section 26 of the above Act. The Orders will:

—limit the number of new licences to be allocated in any year for fishing for salmon and migratory trout with Draft Nets in the River Dart Estuary to zero. This Order will give preference to applicants who have held a licence to use such a net in the specified areas of the River Dart estuary during the preceding two years.

—limit the number of new licences to be allocated in any year for fishing for salmon and migratory trout with Draft Nets in the River Teign Estuary to three. This Order will give preference to applicants who have held a licence to use such a net in the specified areas of the River Teign estuary during the preceding year.

A copy of the Orders may be obtained, free of charge, on application to the Environment Agency undersigned.

Any objection to the confirmation of these Order’s should be made in writing and addressed to Mr James Towns, Migratory and Freshwater Fisheries and Sea Angling, Sustainable Fisheries, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Area 8A, 9 Millbank, c/o Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London. SW1P 3JR or, alternatively, via e-mail to freshwater.fish@defra.gsi.gov.uk not later than 23 November 2015.

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Mr Simon Toms

The Environment Agency

Sir John Moore House

Victoria Square

Bodmin

Cornwall

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