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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.
Guidance on the landing obligation (discard ban), how the rules apply, selling undersize fish, reporting requirements and quota management.
Three men from Leicestershire and one from Nottingham have pleaded guilty to fishing without a licence.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two anglers from Gloucester for illegally fishing without a licence.
A man from Coalville, Leicestershire has been found guilty of fishing illegally in Warwickshire in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
Angler's £120 fine dwarfed cost of rod licence
All anglers were prosecuted for fishing without a licence and two received penalties for additional fishing offences.
Details of the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Action Alliance Pledge.
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.
Fisheries enforcement officers clamp down on illegal angling to protect and sustain fish stocks. Illegal fishing cost London and Kent anglers £539
As part of a continued crackdown, 12 cases of illegal angling were recently brought by the Environment Agency to court in Swindon and Hastings.
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.
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.
A Nottinghamshire man has been found guilty of fishing illegally on two counts in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
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.
Anglers caught without licences in Hampshire and Somerset
Anglers from South, Midlands and London skipped fees used to maintain fisheries
A Birmingham angler was caught fishing without a licence at Riddings Fishery near Grendon, Atherstone, Warwickshire.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted eight men from the West Midlands for fishing offences.
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