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A blitz on illegal fishing saw Environment Agency enforcement officers net 27 men for offences on rivers and stillwaters across the North East
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The Environment Agency has decided to retain the current coarse fishing close season on English rivers.
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that coarse fishing on rivers and streams is closed for three months from Sunday 15 March.
122 offences of fishing during the coarse fish close season
Environment Agency enforcement teams have been cracking down on illegal fishing during the first few weeks of the coarse fish close season.
The Environment Agency's North East Fisheries Enforcement Team carried out 87 patrols detecting 33 offences during the three-month close season
A Loughborough man has been prosecuted for fishing in the close season and has to pay almost £500.
River coarse fishing gets back into full swing tomorrow following the three month close season from 15 March to 15 June.
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As Easter approaches the Environment Agency is reminding anglers they must have valid rod licences and only fish where they are allowed during close season.
Officers from the Environment Agency will be patrolling north east rivers from the Tees to the Coquet this weekend on the look-out for anglers fishing illegally.
Enforcement teams continued their clampdown on illegal fishing, issuing 90 offence notices for close season offences across England.
Eleven people caught illegal fishing in a month
Anglers reminded to have up-to-date rod licences
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of David Richardson on 11 February 2019.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Over the bank holiday weekend, across England, Environment Agency enforcement officers checked 3127 anglers and reported 247 for fishing illegally.
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