{"id":71718,"date":"2016-06-28T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4ca1936951b778c42742968465e7c88b"},"modified":"2016-06-28T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T14:13:29","slug":"press-release-public-views-sought-on-howsham-fish-pass-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=71718","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Public views sought on Howsham fish pass plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Environment Agency is seeking public views on proposals to install a lamprey, fish and eel pass at Howsham Weir on the River Derwent in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>A consultation will run from Thursday 30 June to Thursday 8 September to allow people to comment on the plans and raise any issues they would like taken into consideration before plans are developed.<\/p>\n<p>Howsham Weir, situated where between York and Malton, has been targeted for improvement because it prevents migrating fish, eel, and lamprey from accessing breeding and feeding grounds upstream.<\/p>\n<p>The weir also prevents species from re-colonising the river upstream after flooding, drought or pollution incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The Environment Agency wants to consult with interested parties because this stretch of river and the weir is popular with other river users, including canoeists and anglers.<\/p>\n<p>A public drop-in event will be held at Welburn Village Hall on Monday, 18 July, from 4pm to 7pm, to allow people to find out about the plans and discuss the options.<\/p>\n<p>Ineke Jackson, project manager at the Environment Agency, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Installing a fish passage at Howsham Weir would help lamprey, fish and eel populations that are prevented from reaching upstream spawning grounds. However, the river is used by a wide variety of people and we want them to be involved in helping us find the best solution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">People with an interest in this stretch of the Derwent are urged to get involved in the consultation and call in at the drop-in event if they want to discuss the proposals face-to-face.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Information on the consultation will be available online from 30 June <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/howsham-weir-fish-passage-consultation\">on the Gov.UK website<\/a>. Further information can also be obtained by calling the Environment Agency\u2019s contact centre on 03708 506506.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consultation on options for helping migrating fish, eel and lamprey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}