We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Owners of UK-flagged fishing vessels are responsible for basic health and safety on board their boats, safe working practices and safety equipment.
Application form to purchase a River Thames lock and weir fishing permit.
How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
The region covers Berwick to Cleethorpes/Grimsby Port.
Two men from Lancashire have been fined for fishing illegally during the close season in the River Ribble at Preston.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
All notices in relation to the International Labour Organization's Work in Fishing Convention (ILO 188).
This page outlines the requirements and construction standards for fishing vessels
A call about illegal fishing on the River Wye made to the Derbyshire Police Rural Crime team has led to a penalty of £1,502 for two fishermen friends.
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.
Annual reports assessing the economic and sustainability outcomes of the negotiations on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas.
Fishing rod licences, permission and byelaws, lawful hunting
How fishing is assessed and managed in marine protected areas (MPA)
The angler was caught fishing during the close season by Environment Agency fisheries enforcement officers at Hopyards, near Warwick, on the River Avon.
Details of how to manage your effort in the Cod Recovery Zone, Sole Recovery Zone and Western Waters.
Some 38 people have been caught fishing illegally and will pay more than £12,000 in fines and costs.
The Blue Book is a single collection of UK and EU laws.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone.