Salmon Stock Restoration

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Salmon Stock Restoration Rivers Trusts Rivers
Trusts for Ireland?
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Association of Rivers Trusts

• Arlin Rickard, Director
• Association of Rivers Trusts
• (Registered Charity No 1107144)

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Its hard to believe but

• Britain has less water per head of population
  than any other European country
• The balance between supply and demand is very
  tight in many parts of England particularly in
  the drier areas of the South East where more
  housing is planned!

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Issues degraded headwaters, water quality
habitat e.g. agricultural impacts
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Enrichment of coastal waters
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• Environmental Economics

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Value of wildlife- willingness to pay?
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Environmental indicators?
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• Healthy recreation

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The interest in anglingPublic Attitudes to
Angling 2005 Survey England Wales(Environment
Agency)

• 3.5 million freshwater anglers
• 4.4 million potential anglers
• 3million sea anglers

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The value of a salmon

• CAPITAL VALUE of fishing rights - 9,000 average
  value per salmon.
• REVENUE VALUE 1,693 (1997) expenditure per
  salmon e.g. anglers licence, accommodation and
  ancillary businesses etc.
• (Ref. Radford et al. 1991)
• Value of Salmon angling to the Borders economy
  13.5 million
• (Touche Deloitte 1990)

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• The Rivers Trust Movement

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Background Association of Rivers Trusts

• Launched in 2001, the Association of Rivers
  Trusts (ART) is the representative body of the
  Rivers Trust movement in England and Wales and
  also provides an umbrella for many community
  based river improvement groups, initiatives and
  projects. ART has an MOU with its sister body in
  Scotland, River and Fisheries Trusts Scotland
  (RAFTS).

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The Rivers Trusts Movement are

• A grassroots bottom up movement
• Involving people who are doers with wet feet
• Recognised as river basin deliverers
• Raising awareness and providing education
• Engaging people who own and manage the resource
  e.g. riparian owners, farmers, anglers
• Empowering communities to take action
• Allowing people to take local ownership
• Identifying new funding sources and helping
  ensure existing funds are spent effectively

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Association of Rivers Trusts (UK)

• Status Charity, Public NGO
• Aim To support the development of the Rivers
  Trust network in England Wales.
• To form lasting partnerships in Europe and assist
  communications

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ART Rivers Trusts

• ART has 10 Rivers Trust full members in England
  Wales plus Ireland regional and associate
  members. ART works with over 30 Rivers Trusts and
  river improvement groups.
• Eden Rivers Trust
• Pembrokeshire Rivers Trust
• Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust
• Thames 21
• Tweed Foundation
• Tyne Rivers Trust
• Westcountry Rivers Trust
• Wye and Usk Foundation
• Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust
• East Yorkshire Chalk Rivers Trust
• Ballinderry Fish Hatchery (NI)

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Other Rivers Trusts include

• Clwyd Elwy Conservation Trust
• River Wear Environmental Trust
• River Dee Trust
• South Cumbria Rivers Trust
• Slaney River Trust
• Trent Rivers Trust
• Teifi Rivers Trust
• Wessex Salmon Rivers Trust
• And many improvement groups, inc Carmarthenshire
  Fishermens Federation, Lune Habitat Group, River
  Don Trust Project, Sussex Ouse Conservation
  Society Teme Rivers Trust, ENCAMS Rivercare, etc,
  etc

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Rivers Trust movement

• The principles of the Association are based on
• Consent
• Subsidiarity- ART will serve its members and
  decisions will be taken at the lowest
  appropriate level
• Partnership
• Assisting new start up Rivers Trusts and
  initiatives

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National and EU Policy

• ART is a member of
• Defras Water Framework Directive Stakeholders
  Group
• Defras Catchment Sensitive Farming Stakeholders
  Group
• Wildlife Countryside LINK
• ART is UK partner and theme leader of
• Union des Terres de Rivieres, an EU Interreg IIIC
  network of 24 partners in 10 Countries

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Union des Terres de Rivieres (U.TdR)24 partner
network in 10 countries

• England Wales
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Italy
• Poland
• Portugal
• Slovakia
• Spain

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• EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)

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The major aims of the WFD are

• To prevent further deterioration and protect
  enhance the status of aquatic ecosystems and
  associated wetlands
• To promote the sustainable consumption of water
  to reduce pollution of waters from priority
  substances
• To prevent the deterioration in the status and to
  progressively reduce pollution of groundwaters
  and
• To contribute to mitigating the effects of floods
  and droughts.
• The overall requirement of the Directive is to
  achieve "good ecological and good chemical
  status" by 2015 unless there are grounds for
  derogation.

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• River Basin
• Districts
• England Wales

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WFD River Basin Plans (Article 13)

• River basin management plans1. Member States
  shall ensure that a river basin management plan
  is produced for each river basin district lying
  entirely within their territory.

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WFD Public Participation (Article 14)

• Member States shall encourage the active
  involvement of all interested parties in the
  implementation of this Directive, in particular
  in the production, review and updating of the
  river basin management plans

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Summary of EAs initial WFD characterisation
results identifying water bodies at risk of
failure to comply
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• New EU Territorial Co-operation Programmes
• 2007-2013

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European Territorial Co-operation

• New Objective 3, replaces Interreg Community
  Initiative for 2007
• Funding increases from
• 5.8 billion Euros to 7.3 billion Euros
• 3 programme strands

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The new EU Programme has 3 co-operational strands

• A -Cross-border strand 5,621m Euro
• B -Trans-national strand1,394m Euro
• C -Interregional strand 292m Euro

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• Trans-national-
• North West
• Europe Area

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• Trans-national-
• Atlantic Area

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Interregional strand

• This programme will be similar to the existing
  Interreg IIIC
• It covers all EU member states
• Encouraged to link with Objective 1 (Convergence)
  Objective 2 (Competitiveness)
• Provides a natural progression for networks
  (U.TdR)

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Criteria- Strands A B

• 2 or more countries with projects on-
• Tourism, Health, Culture, Education, Water
• Meeting 2 of 4 criteria
• Joint project development
• Joint implementation
• Joint staff
• Joint finance

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Criteria Strand C

• Focus on EU priorities
• -Innovation
• -SME development
• -Risk prevention
• -Environment

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Key environmental drivers

• Climate change
• Sustainable energy
• Water management, WFD pollution
• Spatial planning

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Key points

• All projects must include EU priorities
• Lisbon Agenda (innovation, skills for
  competitiveness, jobs integration growth)
• Gothenburg Agenda (environment, sustainable
  development and regeneration of communities and
  climate change)
• Systematic analysis of results
• Knowledge transfer exchange
• Dissemination and networking

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Other EU Funding Programmes

• Convergence funds (Objective 1)
• Competitiveness (Objective 2)
• Partnerships required
• Leader
• Life
• 7Th Framework

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ART U.TdR

• Develop Strand 3, Interregional co-operation
  project for all U.TdR partners
• Assist in building project partnerships under
  Strands
• A - Cross border co-operation
• B Trans-national co-operation
• Assist with knowledge transfer and dissemination
  using ART U.TdR networks

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ARTs immediate aims

• To see Rivers Trusts covering every River Basin
  District (11 in EW) and build regional capacity
• Develop BPs protocols - Tech Working Group
• To contribute to the implementation of the WFD
  and see good ecological status achieved as
  deliverers
• To develop new Trust project funding streams
• To strengthen partnership working with Government
  and its Agencies in England Wales
• To contribute to National and European policy-
  including climate change, carbon reduction and
  CAP
• To continue to develop partnerships in Europe and
  abroad

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Rivers Trusts for Ireland?
We hope so and well do all we can to help!

• Share our experience
• Form partnerships
• Develop joint funding applications
• Leading to new projects to protect and improve
  our rivers and fisheries

CEFAS
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Association of Rivers Trusts www.associationofriv
erstrusts.org.uk Union des Terres de Rivieres
www.terresderivieres.com