Navigation and passage around the Plymouth Sound and its estuaries is managed by the Queen’s Harbour Master. There are certain regulations regarding navigation and areas where activities such as anchoring and fishing are restricted to ensure the safety of vessels and craft.
All fishing activity:
- Any person fishing must comply with any directions given by the Queen’s Harbour Master.
- No boat-fishing of any kind or spearfishing within 100 metres of Naval Dockyard property.
- No boat-fishing of any kind or spearfishing within 150 metres of any naval vessels.
- No fishing of any kind on the line of any electric cable or pipe as indicated by posts or other discernible marks on the shore or is shown on current Admiralty charts.
- All lines used in connection with lobster or crab pots or similar devices shall be non-buoyant, and where any line of pots is less than 100 metres in length, only one end need be clearly marked, such mark must identify the owner of the said pots.
- Rod and line angling for freshwater eels (Anguilla anguilla), Allis shad or Twaite shad is not permitted and all unintentionally caught fish must be returned to the water immediately.
All fishing activity
- No boat fishing within 125 metres of either side of the recommended tracks for vessels leading through Plymouth Sound to the Hamoaze as shown on current Admiralty charts.
- No trawling or fishing by any nets, long lines or rods in areas in which anchorage is prohibited.
All fishing activity
- No trawling or fishing by any nets, long lines or rod from a boat.
- No laying, movement or lifting of lobster or crab pots, marked or unmarked.
- No installation of equipment in connection with fish farming.