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Find out about the aim and requirements for squirrel traps and maintenance.
How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.
Advice for licensed operators on how to cage-trap, vaccinate and mark badgers to control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England.
Information about the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme 2 which runs until February 2023.
Information on how to handle undersize fish and what rules apply.
Model byelaw set for local authorities to regulate the use of the seashore.
Two men have been found guilty of fishing illegally on separate occasions earlier this year.
Ryan Sims from Castle Donington, Leicestershire, has been found guilty of fishing illegally.
A day's fishing led to a penalty of £249 for Yeovil fisherman Alan Reid after he was fined a total of £120 and ordered to pay costs of £135 and a victim surcharge of £34.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two men for fishing illegally for crayfish on the River Derwent in Derby in July 2019.
Office of Fair Trading (OFT) closed consumer enforcement case.
The Environment Agency is introducing new byelaws to help protect increasingly vulnerable stocks of salmon.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
The Environment Agency has renewed restrictions on salmon fishing on the River Wye in England in response to the decline in migratory salmon stocks.
New byelaws agreed by the Environment Agency will protect salmon and sea trout in the rivers Dee and Wye in England.
New pest control methods help to protect maize crops.
Six anglers in Yorkshire and the North East have been fined hundreds of pounds for fishing illegally on separate occasions this year.
Get a licence to catch certain birds trapped on food premises.
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