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
Kashubian Lake District km. To the north, the mesoregion borders with the ice-marginal valley of the river Reda and the river Łeba; which separates the lake district away from the Żarnowiecka Upland, and the Damniacka Upland. From the east (the area of Gdańsk and Gdynia), the lake district is bordered by the Kashubian Coast. Beyond, the region borders with the Starogradzkie Lake District, from the south-east, the region is bordered by the Tucholski Forest. The western border is closed in by the Polanowska Upland. The Kashubian Lake District is located in the following powiats: Gdańsk, Gdynia, Bytów, Gdańsk, Kartuzy, Kościerzyna, Lębork, Słupsk, Starogard,