The Association Of Sea Fisheries Committees

Locations Of Our Districts

Two of the Sea Fisheries Committees are in Wales. Carwyn Jones the former Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside announced on 15th September 2006, a consultation on his proposal that the Welsh Assembly Government should assume full responsibility for the management of fisheries in Welsh Waters. No decisions about the future role of the committees in Wales were taken at that stage. We now wait for the new Welsh Assembly Government to consider the way forward.

The Association, together with the North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee and the South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee is playing a full part in this. They have already attended a preliminary presentation given by Welsh Assembly Government officials.

Each English and Welsh Committee manages its District through byelaws which can apply to commercial fishermen and recreational fishermen. To learn whether byelaws affect you go to

Please select an area from the map below:

Cumbria www.cumbriasfc.org.uk	Southern www.southernsfc.org.uk
North Western and North Wales www.nwnwsfc.org	Sussex www.sussex-sfc.gov.uk
South Wales www.swsfc.org.uk	Kent and Essex www.kentandessex-sfc.co.uk
Cornwall www.cornwall.gov.uk/seafisheries	Eastern www.esfjc.co.uk
Isles of Scillywww.scilly.gov.uk/environment/fisheries	North Eastern www.neseafish.gov.uk
Devon devonseafish@btconnect.com	Northumberland www.nsfc.org.uk

The Committees regularly patrol their Districts to enforce byelaws, and national and European Union conservation measures.

You can contact the Association at info@asfc.org.uk