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The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that the annual close season for coarse fishing is now in place.
Following a competitive procurement process, the Environment Agency has awarded the new National Angling Strategic Services (NASS3) contract to the Angling Trust.
UK secures over 2,200 tonnes of fishing quota through annual negotiations with the Faroe Islands
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Certain fishermen to benefit from fast-tracked applications to Fisheries and Seafood Scheme.
Highly popular Fisheries and Seafood scheme (FaSS) re-opens for 2024
Four anglers from Birmingham, Stoke on Trent, Telford, and Shrewsbury received total penalties of £1,507 for fishing without a licence.
Some 38 people have been caught fishing illegally and will pay more than £12,000 in fines and costs.
A total of £730,000 is available through the Environment Agency's Fisheries Improvement Programme (FIP) to help create sustainable and resilient fisheries.
Over 48,000 fish receive new homes in the South East thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual restocking programme
Thousands of fish have found new homes in the West Midlands in time for Christmas thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual stocking programme.
UK Ambassador to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley, spoke on a number of issues, including fisheries, at the Trade Negotiations Committee on 12 December 2023.
UK fishermen to benefit from continued access to Norwegian North Sea waters to fish for stocks such as cod, haddock and hake.
Fisheries Management Plans will help deliver a thriving fishing industry and healthy marine environment following extensive engagement with fishing industry
UK fishing fleet to have access to 750,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities in 2024 and total value of fishing opportunities increases from £900 million in 2023
As part of the next stages for managing English offshore marine protected areas (MPAs), MMO has launched a call for evidence to support the assessment of fishing on harbour porpoise and marine bird MPAs.
Six fish pass projects on the Rivers Don, Black Brook, Rother and Ryburn are in development to help fish migration in Yorkshire as part of a new partnership.
The UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Simon Manley, gave a statement during Chinese Taipei’s fifth WTO Trade Policy Review (TPR).
As the roll-out schedule for ordering inshore vessel monitoring system (I-VMS) devices enters its third and final phase, fishers with 6-12m vessels are reminded to take advantage of the grant funding by 30 November.
Government announces a further £3.9 million to be awarded to UK Seafood Fund projects across the UK.
The Environment Agency’s work to improve eel passage at the confluence between the River Avon and River Severn at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire is now complete.
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