If anybody would like information on obtaining a licence to shoot cormorants -
In England and Wales, where fish-eating birds such as cormorants are
causing serious damage to a fishery, and where scaring methods have proved ineffective or impractical, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Defra) or National Assembly for Wales Agriculture Department (NAWAD)
may grant a licence to allow the shooting of a limited number of birds. It
has to be emphasised that these licences are not to permit culling of the
population; licences are only issued to reinforce the effects of scaring
measures being carried out at the site. Applying for a licence is not as
difficult as many people seem to think. Application forms are available
from:
¨ Defra, Wildlife Management Team, Admin Unit, Burghill Road,
Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Tel: 0845 601 4523 (local rate)
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¨ NAWAD, Food Farming Development Division, Yr Hen Ysgol Gymraeg,
Ffordd Alexandra, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 1LD
Tel: 01970 627762
(Scotland and Northern Ireland contacts are listed on page 22.)
Each application is considered on its own merits. On receipt of the
application form, the applicant will be visited by a member of the Wildlife
Management Team. These staff are professional wildlife biologists trained in
wildlife management. A decision on whether to issue a licence will be taken
by the Wildlife Management Team within 30 days of the application.
Defra/NAWAD also monitors all the licences issued in England and Wales to
gather information on the effects of licensed shooting and other fishery
protection methods. For England, a summary of this information is available
from: Defra, UK - Error page
In England and Wales, where fish-eating birds such as cormorants are
causing serious damage to a fishery, and where scaring methods have proved ineffective or impractical, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Defra) or National Assembly for Wales Agriculture Department (NAWAD)
may grant a licence to allow the shooting of a limited number of birds. It
has to be emphasised that these licences are not to permit culling of the
population; licences are only issued to reinforce the effects of scaring
measures being carried out at the site. Applying for a licence is not as
difficult as many people seem to think. Application forms are available
from:
¨ Defra, Wildlife Management Team, Admin Unit, Burghill Road,
Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Tel: 0845 601 4523 (local rate)
Downloaded from http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/ vertebrates/piscivorous.htm
¨ NAWAD, Food Farming Development Division, Yr Hen Ysgol Gymraeg,
Ffordd Alexandra, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 1LD
Tel: 01970 627762
(Scotland and Northern Ireland contacts are listed on page 22.)
Each application is considered on its own merits. On receipt of the
application form, the applicant will be visited by a member of the Wildlife
Management Team. These staff are professional wildlife biologists trained in
wildlife management. A decision on whether to issue a licence will be taken
by the Wildlife Management Team within 30 days of the application.
Defra/NAWAD also monitors all the licences issued in England and Wales to
gather information on the effects of licensed shooting and other fishery
protection methods. For England, a summary of this information is available
from: Defra, UK - Error page