Lake District Agency introduced a new fisheries byelaw, banning the use of all freshwater fish as live or dead bait in 14 of the lakes in the Lake District. Anglers not complying with the new byelaw can face fines of up to £2,500. There are 14 lakes in the Lake District which are affected. These are: Bassenthwaite Lake, Brothers Water, Buttermere, Coniston Water, Crummock Water, Derwent Water, Ennerdale Water, Haweswater, Loweswater, Red Tarn, Thirlmere, Ullswater, Wast Water and Windermere. The lakes and waters of the Lake District do not naturally support as many species of fish as other similar habitats in the
Lake Whangape of alligator weed, which was first found at the lake in 2003, boats need to be cleaned before and after using the lake. The Domain ramp is hard to access and Waikato District Council wasn't aware that it owned it. Maps Illustrations - Lake Whangape Lake Whangape (also written as Wangape, or Whangapae) is shallow, supertrophic, lateral and the second largest lake (after Lake Waikare) in the lower Waikato River basin. One source said the name translated to 'a large sheet of water', another that it was a chief's name. From the 1860s the catchment has lost most of its