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Canadian Homarus americanus lobsters and Dungeness crabs
Anglers reminded to have up-to-date rod licences
Over 700,000 extra kilowatt days at sea have been secured for UK fishermen under the Western Waters Regime for the whole of 2015.
The Environment Agency is urging anglers old and new to go fishing and discover the best angling spots in the South West.
What to do if you find Canadian Homarus americanus lobsters and Dungeness Cancer magister crabs
River Don is now more accessible to fish
Investigations continue into fish deaths
North east anglers old and new are being urged to buy a rod licence for the start of the new river fishing season.
As the coarse fishing season on England’s rivers gets underway, the Environment Agency reveals its top 10 facts you never knew about fish...
Enforcement teams continued their clampdown on illegal fishing, issuing 90 offence notices for close season offences across England.
Work will begin next week to count the number and type of fish in a stretch of the river Nene.
On 26 March 2015 the government announced its response to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) consultation on “Simplifying fishing vessel licensing in England”.
Enforcement officers checked 473 anglers across Yorkshire over the Bank Holiday weekend
Officers from the Environment Agency will be patrolling north east rivers from the Tees to the Coquet this weekend on the look-out for anglers fishing illegally.
Master and owner plead guilty at Bodmin Magistrates Court to breaching fisheries regulations.
Scottish scallop dredger the King Explorer convicted following guilty pleas.
Advice on the release of live or fresh slipper limpets (Crepidula fornicata)
UK exports of mackerel rose last year, despite an unjustified Russian food ban across Europe.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Anglers across Devon and Cornwall are being reminded that fishing for coarse fish in rivers is off limits between 14 March and 16 June.
Trawler illegally retains fish caught in the mackerel box.
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