Policy

Freshwater fisheries

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency

What the government’s doing about freshwater fisheries.

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• Bank Holiday blitz on illegal fishing

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 31 August 2016

• Illegal crayfish traps recovered from North East river

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 26 August 2016

• Summer crackdown on illegal fishing

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 18 August 2016

• Buying and selling wild salmon and sea trout in England: the law

  • Display type: Statutory guidance
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 20 July 2016

• 'Fake name' fisherman tracked down by bailiff for fishing in Somerton without rod licence

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 July 2016

• Environment Agency enforcement targets close season offenders

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 26 May 2016

• Four men land large penalties for fishing without rod licences

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 26 May 2016

• Putting fish on the ‘highway’ to success

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 21 May 2016

• Stoke on Trent angler arrested over the weekend

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 17 May 2016

• Anglers caught cheating fellow anglers in illegal fishing crackdown

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 16 May 2016

• Free coaching sessions aim to get people back into angling

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 13 May 2016

• Illegal anglers ‘blitzed’ in rod licence crack down

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 10 May 2016

• Water release at Wimbleball Reservoir to help young salmon

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 4 May 2016

• Dorset river improvements now allow fish to migrate upstream

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 29 April 2016

• Men prosecuted for illegal fishing in North Nottinghamshire

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 27 April 2016

• Collaborative research priorities for the Environment Agency

  • Display type: Research and analysis
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 19 April 2016

• Preston man gets hefty fine for fishing without a licence

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 13 April 2016

• Fish free to roam our rivers could boost biodiversity

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 14 March 2016

• Elvermen asked to fish responsibly to help preserve eel stocks

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 12 February 2016

• Application for a new rod licence by annual direct debit

  • Display type: Form
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 19 January 2016

• Fish population boost for Kent

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 22 December 2015

• Licence dodging angler pays high price for a day’s fishing

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 December 2015

• Rod licence sales to fund even more angling improvement projects

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 27 November 2015

• Catchment partnerships in operation: list and map

  • Display type: Map
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 11 November 2015

• Birmingham man given £782 penalty for fishing without rod licence

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 16 September 2015

• Find the best fishing spots in the South West as new season of river fishing begins

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 22 June 2015

• 2010 to 2015 government policy: freshwater fisheries

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 8 May 2015

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Anglers in Devon and Cornwall reminded: coarse fish close season begins

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 23 March 2015

• Master and owner ordered to pay over £102,000 for illegal mackerel catch

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Marine Management Organisation
  • Updated: 20 March 2015

• Assessing the impact of exposure to microplastics in fish

  • Display type: Research and analysis
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 16 March 2015

• Cumulative effects of hydropower schemes on fish migration and populations

  • Display type: Research and analysis
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 25 February 2015

• Bioaccumulation of chemicals in fish

  • Display type: Research and analysis
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 24 October 2014

• Fisheries: review of the balance of competences

  • Display type: Consultation outcome
  • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
  • Updated: 22 July 2014

  First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Anglers caught in fishing licence blitz

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 9 July 2014

• Rod licence cheats blitzed by Environment Agency

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 4 July 2014

• People urged to #gofishing in Yorkshire as new river fishing season begins

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 16 June 2014

• A fishy taster session

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 2 June 2014

• Local fishing byelaws (rules)

  • Display type: Collection
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 29 May 2014

• Yorkshire anglers warned to obey the law

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 27 May 2014

• Bringing salmon back to South Yorkshire

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 23 May 2014