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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.

• Updated: 12 October 2022

Fine and costs dwarf price of staying legal on lake.

• Updated: 8 September 2022

Two men from Leicestershire have been found guilty of fishing illegally on separate occasions this year.

• Updated: 4 August 2022

The angler was fined for fishing without a licence and refusing to give his name and address details to Environment Agency enforcement officers.

• Updated: 4 August 2022

Schoolchildren design posters for inclusion on banners to go on show at the construction site of the country’s largest fish pass.

• Updated: 22 June 2022

Officers have been at sites along the Rivers Teme and Redlake following reports of low water levels and fish being stranded in pools.

• Updated: 17 June 2022

Environment Agency experts investigating reports of fish deaths in a Northumberland river believe a natural fungal infection to be the cause.

• Updated: 17 June 2022

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.

• Updated: 16 June 2022

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.

• Updated: 31 May 2022

The Environment Agency has rescued more than 1,300 fish as a Northumberland river naturally changed course following heavy rainfall, leaving the fish stranded.

• Updated: 19 May 2022

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.

• Updated: 19 May 2022

The funding has helped to enhance fisheries, boost fish stocks and make improvements for anglers, angling facilities and the environment.

• Updated: 17 May 2022

Fisheries Improvement Fund (FIP) invests £3.5 million to benefit fisheries and anglers across England

• Updated: 13 May 2022

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!

• Updated: 12 May 2022

Fisheries Officers in the South West are clamping down on illegal activities with the help of the Avon and Somerset Police drone unit.

• Updated: 10 May 2022

A day's fishing led to a penalty of £249 for Yeovil fisherman Alan Reid after he was fined a total of £120 and ordered to pay costs of £135 and a victim surcharge of £34.

• Updated: 9 May 2022

The Environment Agency has begun work to make it easier for fish and eels to swim up and down the River Frome in Yate, north Bristol.

• Updated: 29 April 2022

Environment Agency extends long-standing partnership with the Wild Trout Trust to help improve river habitat for fish and wildlife

• Updated: 14 April 2022

The Environment Agency is urging anglers and rivers users to remain vigilant to suspicious activity after a man is fined for killing fish with banned equipment.

• Updated: 13 April 2022

The Environment Agency has renewed restrictions on salmon fishing on the River Wye in England in response to the decline in migratory salmon stocks.

• Updated: 11 March 2022