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MMO provides early guidance on forthcoming regulations affecting the UK fishing industry
The NDA's financial contribution helped Scrabster Harbour Trust secure additional funding from other sources to invest £20 million in developing its facilities.
The Environment Agency reminds anglers the close season runs 15 March - 15 June
Environment Agency fisheries enforcement staff are using new underwater sonar technology to tackle illegal fishing for eels in the Fens.
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers of the importance of having a rod licence after successfully prosecuting 14 men last month.
The Environment Agency is proposing new measures to protect salmon stocks across England and in the Border Esk
The Environment Agency has released thousands of fish into rivers in the north east during 2017 to boost stocks and help natural recovery
A day’s fishing has landed a Midlands angler with a penalty of nearly £2,500.
The anglers were caught fishing illegally at pools across the West Midlands during July and August 2017
Aivis Putnins was found fishing without a licence on the River Witham and has been ordered to pay over £600.
Two men have been fined £420 each for poaching and using illegal fishing equipment in County Durham.
New rules for the fishing industry, coming into force from 1 January 2018, aim to further reduce discards of fish.
The Environment Agency are calling upon all migratory salmon and sea trout rod licence holders to submit their catch return records by 1 January 2018.
Future fish stocks under threat as 27 year old man has been arrested in County Durham on suspicion of poaching sea trout.
Bestwood man caught fishing without a licence in Lincoln
Fisheries experts in the north east have released 8,000 young fish into north east rivers and stillwaters.
Through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) funding is now available in England towards replacing of engines on fishing vessels.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove launches the Cefas-Exeter collaborative centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Futures to support food security and blue growth.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Wear Rivers Trust and the Environment Agency have worked together to construct a new fish pass on Brancepeth Beck in County Durham.
The Environment Agency has revealed that brown trout, which haven’t been seen in the Lyme Brook for many years, have returned to Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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