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Following a competitive procurement process, the Environment Agency has awarded the new National Angling Strategic Services (NASS3) contract to the Angling Trust.
As part of a continued crackdown, 12 cases of illegal angling were recently brought by the Environment Agency to court in Swindon and Hastings.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
As part of an ongoing Environment Agency crackdown, six anglers have been found guilty of fishing illegally in Kent on separate occasions earlier this year.
Fisheries enforcement officers clamp down on illegal angling to protect and sustain fish stocks. Illegal fishing cost London and Kent anglers £539
Four anglers from Birmingham, Stoke on Trent, Telford, and Shrewsbury received total penalties of £1,507 for fishing without a licence.
The Environment Agency is warning those who fish illegally that the net is closing in after a recent rise in angling offences in the South East.
A project to develop a robust spatial map of where sea angling commonly occurs in the English marine area.
Two men from Nottingham have pleaded guilty at Wellingborough Magistrates Court to fishing illegally, in cases brought by the Environment Agency.
The Environment Agency is announcing the start of the new fishing season, welcoming anglers back to rivers across England.
An angler has been fined £443 after being caught fishing illegally in Bedfordshire.
Three men from Leicestershire and one from Nottingham have pleaded guilty to fishing without a licence.
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that the annual close season for coarse fishing is now in place.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two anglers from Gloucester for illegally fishing without a licence.
Increases our understanding of how the Environment Agency can encourage angling participation and enhanch both peoples’ quality of life and the natural environment.
Eight anglers have been fined £3,094 after being caught fishing illegally in Norfolk.
Andrew Ferns, 33, of Johnson Place, Stoke-on-Trent was caught fishing without a licence on 17 July 2023 on the River Stour at Stratford St Mary.
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