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Guidance on the landing obligation (discard ban), how the rules apply, selling undersize fish, reporting requirements and quota management.
Midlands rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
Prosecutions for misreporting Saithe catch, Newcastle magistrates court, June 2023
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.
The region covers Dungeness to Swanage.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted eight men from the West Midlands for fishing offences.
Two men from Lancashire have been fined for fishing illegally during the close season in the River Ribble at Preston.
Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
A Nottinghamshire man has been found guilty of fishing illegally on two counts in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
The anglers were found by fisheries enforcement officers to be fishing without a licence in Yeovil, Somerset.
What you need to do as a fisheries business now the transition period has ended.
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
Fines and costs dwarf licence price as anglers caught in Southampton, Bermondsey and West Drayton
Fisheries Management Plans will help deliver a thriving fishing industry and healthy marine environment following extensive engagement with fishing industry
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
A man from Coalville, Leicestershire has been found guilty of fishing illegally in Warwickshire in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
Guidance to assist fishers understand how and when I-VMS will be delivered in English waters, how it may affect them, their responsibilities, and the steps they need to consider.
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