Fisheries and rod licensing: latest documents

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• Prevent fish or shellfish diseases

  20 July 2017

  Added East Sussed: Swanborough Fishing Lake

• River Tyne fish counts

  6 July 2017

  Latest fish counts for the River Tyne.

• River Wear fish counts

  6 July 2017

  Latest fish counts for the River Wear.

• River Tees fish counts

  6 July 2017

  Latest fish counts on the River Tees.

• Permission to move live fish to or from a fishery

  3 May 2017

  Update SR1 and FR2 Forms

• Permission to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon and sea trout

  3 May 2017

  Updated CR1 Form

• Salmonid and freshwater fisheries statistics

  16 March 2017

  Added Salmonid and fisheries statistics for England and Wales 2015.

• Fish health checks

  23 September 2016

  Environment Agency fish movements team (authorisations) telephone number changed to 0208 474 5243.

• Introduce or keep non-native fish and shellfish

  17 August 2016

  Added link to permit application for moving or using species covered by the EU regulation 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.

• Buying and selling wild salmon and sea trout in England: the law

  20 July 2016

  Change to document format only. No statutory guidance has been changed.

• Report an environmental incident

  16 February 2016

• Elvermen asked to fish responsibly to help preserve eel stocks

  12 February 2016

• Fish stocks boost for Bedfordshire Rivers

  8 December 2015

• Birmingham man given £782 penalty for fishing without rod licence

  16 September 2015

• Top 10 fishy facts as the coarse fish river season begins

  16 June 2015

• ‘Brilliant’ new website helps anglers find perfect fishing spot

  9 June 2015

• Rod licence money to fund yet more improvements to fisheries

  9 June 2015

• Buy a rod fishing licence

  25 March 2015

• Freshwater rod fishing rules

  25 March 2015

• Formal caution given to commercial fishermen in Kent

  6 February 2015

• Leicestershire pollution incident resolved

  29 January 2015

• Get fishing or management rights for a shellfishery

  31 July 2014

• Rod licence cheats blitzed by Environment Agency

  4 July 2014

• Return tagged fish and shellfish

  3 July 2014

• Enforcement patrols catch illegal anglers in the North East

  20 June 2014

• Fish pass approval

  16 May 2014

• More anglers caught fishing illegally in the north east

  23 April 2014

• Two County Durham anglers banned for illegal fishing methods

  16 April 2014

• North east anglers warned to obey the law

  16 April 2014

• Kayaker caught poaching on Devon river

  11 April 2014

• Report a catch return

  1 April 2014