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A day’s fishing trip has cost two friends from Stafford a total penalty of £998 when both were found fishing in the close season and one had no licence to fish.
Two anglers from Nottingham are to pay a total of £403 for contravening Environment Agency fishing byelaws at Colwick on the River Trent near Nottingham.
Two men from Lancashire have been fined for fishing illegally during the close season in the River Ribble at Preston.
As the roll-out schedule for ordering inshore vessel monitoring system (I-VMS) devices enters its third and final phase, fishers with 6-12m vessels are reminded to take advantage of the grant funding by 30 November.
A Birmingham angler was caught fishing without a licence at Riddings Fishery near Grendon, Atherstone, Warwickshire.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two anglers from Gloucester for illegally fishing without a licence.
Two men from Nottinghamshire have been found guilty of fishing illegally on separate occasions earlier this year.
A call about illegal fishing on the River Wye made to the Derbyshire Police Rural Crime team has led to a penalty of £1,502 for two fishermen friends.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted an angler from Gloucester for two fishing licence offences which ended in fines totalling £1,059.
As part of the Environment Agency’s ongoing crackdown, two anglers have been found guilty of fishing illegally on separate occasions this year in Oxfordshire.
As part of an ongoing Environment Agency crackdown, six anglers have been found guilty of fishing illegally in Kent on separate occasions earlier this year.
Man from Cannock who was fishing without a licence has landed a penalty of almost ten times the amount of an annual licence.
The fisherman was found to be fishing without a licence and during this year's close season
Six anglers in Yorkshire and the North East have been fined hundreds of pounds for fishing illegally on separate occasions this year.
UK fishermen will not be permitted to catch or swap any of the UK’s 5,773 tonnes of North Sea sandeel quota in 2023.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Dozens of angling clubs and fishery projects boosted by cash grants.
Two men have been found guilty of fishing offences in Cheshire resulting in a criminal record and fines amounting to £675
Fisheries enforcement officers clamp down on illegal angling to protect and sustain fish stocks. Illegal fishing cost London and Kent anglers £539
Fisherman Martin Williamson, of no fixed address, has been ordered to pay nearly £400 for fishing illegally in Christchurch Harbour.
Fisheries enforcement officers clamp down on illegal angling to protect fish stocks and make fishing sustainable.
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