Corporate publications
Annual Plan
Kent & Essex IFCA is required to produce and publish an annual plan; this plan will be presented to the secretary of state for approval. Our plan will establish the IFCA's key aims and objectives for the year and will describe how the authority will align its resources to deliver upon these commitments.
Download the 2012-2013 Annual Plan (936 kb PDF)
Annual Report
The Kent & Essex IFCA annual report will describe how the organisation has performed over the previous year and will describe the progress that it has made against its aims and objects for the year. The Annual Report will describe how the IFCA has delivered its duties and functions.
Download the 2011-2012 Annual Report (5.7 Mb PDF)
Long Term Strategy
KEIFCA has produced a booklet outlining in general terms the approach over the next 5-8 years.
Download the Long Term Strategy (10.2 Mb PDF)
Cockle Reports
The Thames Estuary supports an important cockle fishery, and the commercial harvesting of the cockles is controlled by the Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (KEIFCA). In order to successfully manage the cockle stocks the Authority has conducted annual surveys of the cockle beds within the Thames Estuary since 1988.
The sampling programme has been designed to allow for annual seasonal assessment of cockle stocks within the major commercial harvesting areas of the Thames Estuary. The results of the surveys are used to examine the distribution and density of cockles, and to produce estimated values of population size.
The latest report gives an annual up-date assessment of all cockle stock surveys carried out by KEIFCA during 2012. The data from these surveys is added to the previous annual surveys to provide current information which is used to inform and assess the management strategy of the districts commercial cockle stocks.
Earlier reports are also available here for reference purposes
Download the 2012 Cockle Report (4.3 Mb PDF)
Download the 2011 Cockle Report (5.2 Mb PDF)
Download the 2010 Cockle Report (3.9 Mb PDF)
Download the 2009 Cockle Report (3.8 Mb PDF)
Download the 2008 Cockle Report (3.2 Mb PDF)
Communication Strategy
It is imperative that we are able to gather effective feedback from the communities which we serve. To this end KEIFCA have developed a communication strategy which seeks to establish and maintain effective networks which can enable the diverse range of stakeholders to interact effectively with us.
Download the Communication Strategy (634 kb PDF)
Angling Strategy
Currently in draft format, the angling strategy acts to highlight some of the key approaches that might affect the angling sector and to identify issues and actions that are specific to the angling sector.
Download the Draft Angling Strategy Document (9.5 Mb PDF)