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The cases for the 2 men were heard at Northampton magistrates on 8 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.
Pollution from a water pumping station caused the death of over 5,000 fish in an Essex river.
An Accrington man who was caught illegally fishing by the Environment Agency on Lake Windermere has been heavily fined by the courts.
Three anglers fishing without a licence in Merseyside caught more than they bargained for with fines running into hundreds of pounds.
Former Footballer and Soccer AM star Jimmy Bullard urges the public to get out in nature and go fishing
Fisheries Officers in the South West are clamping down on illegal activities with the help of the Avon and Somerset Police drone unit.
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.
Nottingham man caught removing Chub from River Trent.
A spot of night-time fishing and removing fish and eels - a protected species - from the River Avon in Pershore, Worcestershire has cost two men £469 each.
Angler found guilty of breaching Nottinghamshire fishing byelaws.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two men for fishing illegally for crayfish on the River Derwent in Derby in July 2019.
Day’s fishing trip results in penalty of £1,238 for angling duo.
The Environment Agency held a training day for the Cumbria Police Rural Task Force to help reduce fisheries offences in Cumbria
A Gloucestershire fisherman who lured valuable elvers into his illegally-placed fishing net instead caught a 5-figure legal bill.
The Environment Agency has purchased a thermal imaging camera for use in fisheries enforcement patrols across Devon and Cornwall.
The Environment Agency has purchased a thermal imaging camera for fisheries enforcement activity in East Anglia.
The Environment Agency has granted a permit to place fish barriers across the entrances to Hoveton Great Broad as part of a restoration project.
A month-long enforcement campaign saw more than 700 anglers have their fishing licences checked along East Anglian riverbanks.
The Environment Agency is introducing new byelaws to help protect increasingly vulnerable stocks of salmon.
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