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The Environment Agency reminds anglers the close season runs 15 March - 15 June
Environment Agency fisheries enforcement staff are using new underwater sonar technology to tackle illegal fishing for eels in the Fens.
The Environment Agency is proposing new measures to protect salmon stocks across England and in the Border Esk
The Environment Agency has released thousands of fish into rivers in the north east during 2017 to boost stocks and help natural recovery
New rules for the fishing industry, coming into force from 1 January 2018, aim to further reduce discards of fish.
The Environment Agency are calling upon all migratory salmon and sea trout rod licence holders to submit their catch return records by 1 January 2018.
Future fish stocks under threat as 27 year old man has been arrested in County Durham on suspicion of poaching sea trout.
Fisheries experts in the north east have released 8,000 young fish into north east rivers and stillwaters.
Through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) funding is now available in England towards replacing of engines on fishing vessels.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove launches the Cefas-Exeter collaborative centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Futures to support food security and blue growth.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Wear Rivers Trust and the Environment Agency have worked together to construct a new fish pass on Brancepeth Beck in County Durham.
The Environment Agency has revealed that brown trout, which haven’t been seen in the Lyme Brook for many years, have returned to Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Planning permission granted for Lowestoft redevelopment of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) headquarters.
A new fish pass in the north east has led to juvenile fish being spotted upstream for the first time in 300 years.
From 1 October a ban on landing egg-bearing lobsters and crawfish comes into effect.
The closed season allows salmon to spawn in peace, encouraging the increased numbers seen in the East Midlands
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its annual UK sea fisheries annual statistics report 2016.
Offenders plead guilty to breach of Wildlife and Countryside Act at Brighton Magistrates' Court on 20 September 2017 in case brought by MMO
Environment Secretary Michael Gove visits Aberdeen to discuss the future of the farming and fishing industries outside the EU
Salmon population spreading in Derbyshire due to improved water quality and removal of barriers
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