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With just three weeks remaining until new EU Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing regulations come into effect, all fishermen, seafood processors, exporters and transporters are being urged to act now before tim…
The decision on proposed harmonisation of brown crab minimum conservation reference sizes (MCRS) in English waters of the South West, has been published.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), on behalf of the UK Fishing Authorities, has published its annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics for 2024.
Scotland’s £1 billion fishing and seafood sector will need to adapt to new EU changes in the information and data they submit to enable their exports to flow smoothly from the UK.
A father and son who assaulted 2 Environment Agency water bailiffs at a Shropshire fishery have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling more than £12,000.
The Environment Agency is using a unique boom boat for important electric fish monitoring surveys along the Thames between Iffley Lock and Teddington Lock.
A man has been sentenced for illegally fishing for crayfish in Northumberland, in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
A major investment will modernise Britain's fishing fleet, enhance workforce skills, and revitalise coastal communities to boost tourism.
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) confirms I-VMS licence condition in effect from 12 May 2025.
A 42-year-old man was caught red-handed by Environment Agency officers when he attempted to use a cast net without permission on a canal in South Yorkshire.
The Environment Agency’s Fisheries Enforcement Officers have started patrols along the coast to help protect the endangered European eel from illegal poaching.
MMO introduces licence condition for I-VMS ahead of new legislation
Environment Agency fisheries officers in the North East have stepped up patrols as the close season for coarse fishing begins.
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that the close season for coarse fishing comes into effect on Saturday 15 March and runs until 15 June inclusive.
A total of 4,000 fish, including chub dace and roach, have been released into the River Weaver at two key locations in Cheshire.
As part of an ongoing Environment Agency crackdown, 6 anglers have been found guilty of fishing illegally at waters in the London area last year.
Anglers from Walsall, Evesham and Burton-upon-Trent have been found guilty of fishing illegally.
‘Blue-bellied’ barbel have been released into the wild by the Environment Agency to see how far they travel.
Three anglers from Nottingham and one from Loughborough have been found guilty of fishing illegally in cases brought by the Environment Agency.
Routine checks by the Environment Agency caught a Cornish angler fishing without a rod licence, costing him £249.
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