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All anglers were prosecuted for fishing without a licence and two received penalties for additional fishing offences.
Four anglers from Birmingham, Stoke on Trent, Telford, and Shrewsbury received total penalties of £1,507 for fishing without a licence.
The anglers were found by fisheries enforcement officers to be fishing without a licence in Yeovil, Somerset.
Nine anglers from the West Midlands have been ordered to pay a total of £3,983 after they were caught fishing illegally by officers of the Environment Agency.
A man from Coalville, Leicestershire has been found guilty of fishing illegally in Warwickshire in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
An angler has been fined £443 after being caught fishing illegally in Bedfordshire.
Two men from Nottingham have pleaded guilty at Wellingborough Magistrates Court to fishing illegally, in cases brought by the Environment Agency.
13 anglers from Birmingham, Walsall and Droitwich have been found guilty of fishing without a licence in cases brought by the Environment Agency.
Two men from Evesham, Worcestershire have pleaded guilty to fishing without a licence in June. Their cases remind anglers of the importance of having a licence.
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.
Two friends from Birmingham landed more than fish on a day's trip in the close season, and without a fishing licence.
Eight anglers have been fined £3,094 after being caught fishing illegally in Norfolk.
An economic valuation of freshwater angling in England.
North West and Border Esk byelaws are statutory rules (regulated by law) and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales
A Nottinghamshire man has been found guilty of fishing illegally on two counts in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
The angler was caught fishing during the close season by Environment Agency fisheries enforcement officers at Hopyards, near Warwick, on the River Avon.
Participation, catches and economic impact of sea anglers resident in the UK in 2016 & 2017
A Gloucester angler gave a false name and address when an Environment Agency fisheries patrol found he did not have a valid fishing licence.
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