DID YOU KNOW?
Our partnership work has
improved access for migratory
fish to over 1000km
of river in Wales
since 2002.
In 2008/09 we continued to preserve, improve and
increase the habitat of our wildlife in Wales.
We constructed fish passes at Osbaston and Pontymoel
to allow salmon and sea trout to access parts of the
rivers Wye and Usk that have been blocked by weirs for
almost 200 years.
To protect wildlife on the River Dee we have introduced
a new cockle licensing system to maintain a sustainable
cockling industry. Fifty legal cocklers will now pick just
one third of the available cockles in order to re-generate
the crop and boost the local economy for future years.
To protect the cockle beds from illegal activity we have
also installed a high-tech camera.
Looking ahead
Our Salmon Homecoming project came second in
In South Wales we are working with the local cockling industry
the Education category of the prestigious Waterway
to tackle the large scale cockle mortalities that have been
Renaissance Awards 2009. This project has raised the
occurring in the Burry Inlet since 2003. We have attended a
awareness of the importance of the salmon and its life
workshop to investigate and we will continue to work with
cycle to more than 1300 school children living in South
interested parties from the community, industry and scientific
Wales over the last six years.
groups in the area to find a sustainable solution to the problem.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Our Coastal Strategy is looking for areas
to recreate coastal habitat that will be
lost due to rising sea levels.
Cymraeg
Environment Agency Wales Annual Review 2008/9
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