Please see the enclosed Notice to Mariners 11/20 in the link below: Exeter Port Authority Local Notice to Mariners – No.11/2020 The river and canal is now open for all watersports mentioned in the Notice to Mariners.
Latest news
Latest Exe Estuary Water Use Restrictions: COVID-19
Please carefully read the links below for full statements from the harbourmaster Grahame Forshaw: To summarise: following from the latest guidance that was received last evening (12th May 2020); from Wednesday 13th May 2020, kayaks, wind-surfers, kiteboards, fishing from shore, paddleboards (SUPs) and sailing dinghies will be permitted in the Exe Estuary and Exeter Ship […]
Environment Agency Bathing Season 2020: COVID-19
Please follow the link below for the Environment Agency Bathing Season 2020 External Briefing: External Briefing: Bathing Water Season 2020
State of the Exe Estuary ‘Toolkit’ now online
The latest information and data on the ‘State of the Exe Estuary’ is now publicly available through a new online ‘toolkit’. Thanks to the generous funding from the locality budgets of Jeffrey Trail BEM, Su Aves, Marina Asvachin, Christine Channon, John Clatworthy, Percy Prowse, Richard Scott, Margaret Squires, and Carol Whitton, the Exe Estuary Management […]
Exemptions Byelaw 2019 To Be Confirmed?
During 2019, Devon & Severn IFCA have been developing a new Byelaw – The Exemptions Byelaw 2019. This has now entered its quality assurance phase before consideration by the Secretary of State.
A New Byelaw to Manage Hand Working Fishing Activity?
Throughout 2019, the Devon & Severn IFCA have followed a three-phase plan to collect and collate information and evidence relating to the use of crab tiles, bait digging and the many other types of fishing activity that have been defined as hand gathering which include the hand collection of mussels and cockles.
Temporary Closure of Public Mussel Beds – Exe
From 1st May 2019, and until further notice, it is prohibited for any person to remove mussels from the public shellfish bed.