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Get consent to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
A fishing trip for an angler from Stafford has cost him £443 for not having a valid fishing licence - an annual licence costs from £33.
South East byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Anglia rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.
Guidance on the landing obligation (discard ban), how the rules apply, selling undersize fish, reporting requirements and quota management.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two anglers from Gloucester for illegally fishing without a licence.
How to apply for a commercial fishing licence for vessels 10 metres and under
South West byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Anglers caught without licences in Hampshire and Somerset
Environment Agency regulatory position on using devices intended to hook fish automatically, in breach of Thames byelaws.
Midlands rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Information on the different types of commercial fishing vessel licences.
How to understand each part of your fishing vessel licence – vessel details, conditions, schedule, annex and their current copies.
A Nottinghamshire man has been found guilty of fishing illegally on two counts in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
The Environment Agency is warning those who fish illegally that the net is closing in after a recent rise in angling offences in the South East.
The region covers Dungeness to Swanage.
Two men from Lancashire have been fined for fishing illegally during the close season in the River Ribble at Preston.
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