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An angler has been fined £360 after he went fishing without a valid rod licence.
Agreement covers catch limits for 70 shared fish stocks worth approximately £333m in fishing opportunities to the UK fleet
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A blitz on illegal fishing saw Environment Agency enforcement officers net 27 men for offences on rivers and stillwaters across the North East
Two men have been fined hundreds of pounds for poaching with an illegal fishing net in a Northumberland river.
A consultation which seeks views on the Environment Agency's proposed new byelaws is open from 5 March 2021 for 4 weeks.
The Environment Agency has seen an increase in the amount of illegal fishing devices found along East Anglian river banks.
Earlier this week [25th November] a joint operation between the Environment Agency and Durham Constabulary saw three suspected poachers being detained on the River Wear at Weardale in County Durham.
4 boat owners living in Cambridgeshire must pay more than £4,000 after they failed to register their vessels.
The Environment Agency and Durham Constabulary have joined forces in a rural crime crackdown in Weardale.
The Environment Agency has seized an illegal fishing net at Skinningrove in Redcar and Cleveland.
Government to examine roll out of Remote Electronic Monitoring on fishing vessels.
Environment Agency fisheries enforcement officers in the North East have joined forces with Northumbria Police to continuing their crackdown on illegal angling.
The Environment Agency has recovered two illegal fishing nets from the River Wear in Sunderland.
Environment Agency fisheries officers have conducted their yearly restocking on the Great Ouse, releasing 10,100 barbel in a bid to replenish the river.
New byelaws agreed by the Environment Agency will protect salmon and sea trout in the rivers Dee and Wye in England.
The Environment Agency is extending an emergency byelaw to protect salmon in the River Severn and its estuary until 15 December.
The Environment Agency is investigating after an illegal fishing net was recovered from the beach at Holy Island in Northumberland.
The Environment Agency has acted on information received to seize two illegal fishing nets in Blyth, Northumberland.
Environment Agency officers and Cambridgeshire police helped disrupt the illegal poaching of fish last week while observing social distancing.
The end of the fishing season is near but Environment Agency officers continue boat patrols on the Norfolk Broads after reports of illegal fishing activity.
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