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The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that the annual close season for coarse fishing is now in place.
A Gloucester angler gave a false name and address when an Environment Agency fisheries patrol found he did not have a valid fishing licence.
Over 48,000 fish receive new homes in the South East thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual restocking programme
Rivers feeding the River Loddon restocked for healthy habitats.
Thousands of fish have found new homes in the West Midlands in time for Christmas thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual stocking programme.
The Environment Agency publishes its 2022/23 Annual Fisheries Report that shows how rod licence income has been spent.
Six fish pass projects on the Rivers Don, Black Brook, Rother and Ryburn are in development to help fish migration in Yorkshire as part of a new partnership.
Judge - Thames Water "deliberately misled" the Environment Agency in and around pollution of rivers in Sussex and Surrey in which several thousand fish died.
Environment Agency announces annual close season for coarse fish
New study of weirs and fish passes in the River Aire in Leeds has revealed a huge boost for fish flow with species going faster and further along the river
Environment Agency releases 300 blue-dyed barbel to boost population in Berkshire river. Anglers asked to monitor survival and growth rates
Fishing without a licence has netted anglers across Yorkshire and the North East some hefty fines over the last month.
The Environment Agency has teamed up with Ringwood and District Angling Association to research declining barbel numbers in the Dorset Stour’s Throop fishery.
The Environment Agency is getting into the festive spirit by providing some whopping annual stocking fillers for local anglers across the South East.
Thousands of fish have found new homes just in time for Christmas thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual restocking programme.
The Environment Agency (EA) is enforcing the annual close season over the winter months to help protect salmon and sea trout from disturbance when spawning, allowing stocks to grow.
Environment Agency officers are on the ground protecting fisheries across England as temperatures soar.
The Environment Agency welcomes anglers back to rivers across England today, Thursday 16th June, as the close season for coarse fishing comes to an end.
The Environment Agency has published its Annual Fisheries Report revealing that over 1 million licence sales in 2020/21 funded improvements to the environment.
Rivers and fisheries in Norfolk and Bedfordshire have received an early Christmas present of 17,400 fish being released as part of a yearly stocking programme.
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