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The Environment Agency has teamed up with Ringwood and District Angling Association to research declining barbel numbers in the Dorset Stour’s Throop fishery.
The UK has reached an agreement with Norway to secure increased opportunities for the UK fishing industry in 2023.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
£20 million awarded to modernise and improve infrastructure across the seafood sector with a further £30 million available from today
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two Staffordshire anglers for fishing illegally during this last summer.
Environment Agency work to refurbish a vital fish counter on the River Tyne in Northumberland starts on Monday 17 October.
A new fish pass on the River Exe, at Bridgetown Weir near Dulverton, Somerset, will help fish reach more than 30 kilometres of Exmoor rivers.
Fine and costs dwarf price of staying legal on lake.
Two men from Leicestershire have been found guilty of fishing illegally on separate occasions this year.
The angler was fined for fishing without a licence and refusing to give his name and address details to Environment Agency enforcement officers.
Schoolchildren design posters for inclusion on banners to go on show at the construction site of the country’s largest fish pass.
Officers have been at sites along the Rivers Teme and Redlake following reports of low water levels and fish being stranded in pools.
Environment Agency experts investigating reports of fish deaths in a Northumberland river believe a natural fungal infection to be the cause.
The Environment Agency welcomes anglers back to rivers across England today, Thursday 16th June, as the close season for coarse fishing comes to an end.
The Environment Agency has completed the mammoth task of tagging more than 4,000 juvenile salmon smolts (juveniles) before they leave the River Tamar and head out to sea.
The Environment Agency has rescued more than 1,300 fish as a Northumberland river naturally changed course following heavy rainfall, leaving the fish stranded.
The Environment Agency’s Fisheries Improvement Programme has seen £25,853 of rod licence income invested in Devon and Cornwall projects over the last 12 months.
The funding has helped to enhance fisheries, boost fish stocks and make improvements for anglers, angling facilities and the environment.
Fisheries Improvement Fund (FIP) invests £3.5 million to benefit fisheries and anglers across England
The visitor centre at the Environment Agency’s Kielder Salmon Centre will reopen to the public - and there’s a new and exciting job opportunity up for grabs!
Fisheries Officers in the South West are clamping down on illegal activities with the help of the Avon and Somerset Police drone unit.
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