Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files; Salmon and Freshwater...
Catalogue reference: MAF 661
What's it about?
MAF 661
This series covers: the Implementation of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review Report; the Review of the North East Fishery; and Proposals to End Close Season on Canals.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 661
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files; Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (SSF series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1990-2006
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series covers: the Implementation of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review Report; the Review of the North East Fishery; and Proposals to End Close Season on Canals.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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FGB file series MAF 209
DWW file series MAF 640
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SSF
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries Division II, 1957-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Salmon, Whaling and Inland Fisheries Division, 1991-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 42 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2014 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1985 to 2006
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Principal legislation to support the various Fisheries Divisions are the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903, Sea Fisheries Act 1962, and the Sea Fish Industry Act 1970.
Until 1960 the United Kingdom had a sizeable Whaling Industry, which was jointly supervised by the Department and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland. The Department continues to liaise with the International Whaling Commission. In 1976 there was a re-organisation of the divisional structure. Responsibility for whales passed to Division III, and by 1983 Division IV had responsibility for salmon and freshwater fisheries.
The number of Divisions was reduced to three in 1985 with Division II carrying responsibility for salmon and freshwater fishing. In 1991 the number of Divisions was again expanded to four with responsibility for salmon, inland fisheries and whaling together with liaison with the National Rivers Authority (later the Environment Agency) passing to a new Salmon, Whaling and Inland Fisheries Division in the Environment Policy Department. Responsibility was transferred back to Division II in 1997.
Responsibility now rests with the DEFRA Migratory and Freshwater Fisheries Programme.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12755898/
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files; Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (SSF series)