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King scallop dredging in a closed area of Dogger Bank landed a fishing business and vessel master with penalties totalling £15,000.
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers of the importance of having a rod licence after a Leeds man was fined for fishing illegally.
The Environment Agency has seen an increase in the amount of illegal fishing devices found along East Anglian river banks.
Fishing without a licence has netted anglers across Yorkshire and the North East some hefty fines over the last month.
Environment Agency fisheries patrol officers have caught and successfully prosecuted 7 anglers for illegal fishing.
Fisheries Officers in the South West are clamping down on illegal activities with the help of the Avon and Somerset Police drone unit.
Cases were heard at Hastings Magistrates' Court where all the men pleaded guilty.
An angler has been fined £333 after he went fishing without a valid licence.
A round up of recent prosecutions brough by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
A Rotherman man has been found guilty of fishing illegally in a case brought by the Environment Agency to Northampton Magistrates Court on Monday 24 October.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two Staffordshire anglers for fishing illegally during this last summer.
The angler was fined for fishing without a licence and refusing to give his name and address details to Environment Agency enforcement officers.
Fishing without a licence has cost nine anglers over £3,000 in penalties
Details of the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Action Alliance Pledge.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Six anglers in Yorkshire and the North East have been fined hundreds of pounds for fishing illegally on separate occasions this year.
3 men have been fined for illegal fishing offences at locations in Norfolk and Suffolk. Between the 3 of them the total amount to be paid in penalties was £721.
Officers from the Environment Agency and Darlington Borough Council are targeting illegal fishing activity on the River Skerne.
Ryan Sims from Castle Donington, Leicestershire, has been found guilty of fishing illegally.
3 men were caught illegally fishing in Norfolk by our enforcement team whilst on patrol.
Two men from Leicestershire have been found guilty of fishing illegally on separate occasions this year.
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