Further information on scaring techniques and licences can be obtained by contacting the following:

England: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Wildlife Management Team, Administration Unit, Burghill Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Tel: 0845 601 4523 (local rate)

N. Ireland: The Environment and Heritage Service
Commonwealth House, 33 Castle Street, Belfast, BT1 1GH
Tel: 028 9054 6558

Scotland: The Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD)
Pentland House, 47 Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh EH14 1TY
Tel: 0131 556 8400

Wales: National Assembly for Wales Agriculture Department (NAWAD)
Food Farming Development Division, Yr Hen, Ysgol Gymraeg, Ffordd Alexandra, Aberystwyth, SY23 1LD
Tel: 01970 627762

Useful texts on fish-eating birds:

New - Goosanders and Mergansers - The Facts

(you will need Acrobat Reader to download some of these files)

Cormorants – The Facts. The Moran Committee Joint Bird Group

Protecting your Fishery from Comorants. The Moran Committee Joint Bird Group

Fisheries and the presence of cormorants, goosanders and herons. Defra WM14.

Useful texts on habitat management for fisheries:

Fisheries Habitat Improvement (& other management texts). The Environment Agency.
National Coarse Fisheries Centre. Tel: 01562 68975

Freshwater Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation - a good practice guide. The Environment Agency.
Tel: 01454 624400

Stillwater Coarse Fisheries Code of Practice. Institute of Fisheries Management.