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Fine and costs dwarf price of staying legal on lake.
3 men were caught illegally fishing in Norfolk by our enforcement team whilst on patrol.
As part of a joint investigation with Northumbria Police, the offenders were found guilty of using unlicensed nets.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Fisheries Enforcement Officers from the Environment Agency arrested one man on suspicion of poaching sea trout at Newbiggin by the Sea.
The cases for the 2 men were heard at Northampton magistrates on 8 June 2022.
The Environment Agency welcomes anglers back to rivers across England today, Thursday 16th June, as the close season for coarse fishing comes to an end.
Pollution from a water pumping station caused the death of over 5,000 fish in an Essex river.
An Accrington man who was caught illegally fishing by the Environment Agency on Lake Windermere has been heavily fined by the courts.
Cases were heard at Hastings Magistrates' Court where all the men pleaded guilty.
Adam Wiffen, of Bailey Bridge Road, Braintree, Essex was caught fishing without a licence on 22 January 2022 at Laundry Lake, Little Easton in Essex.
Three anglers fishing without a licence in Merseyside caught more than they bargained for with fines running into hundreds of pounds.
Former Footballer and Soccer AM star Jimmy Bullard urges the public to get out in nature and go fishing
Fisheries Officers in the South West are clamping down on illegal activities with the help of the Avon and Somerset Police drone unit.
A day's fishing led to a penalty of £249 for Yeovil fisherman Alan Reid after he was fined a total of £120 and ordered to pay costs of £135 and a victim surcharge of £34.
The Environment Agency is urging anglers and rivers users to remain vigilant to suspicious activity after a man is fined for killing fish with banned equipment.
Nottingham man caught removing Chub from River Trent.
An angler has been fined £333 after he went fishing without a valid licence.
A spot of night-time fishing and removing fish and eels - a protected species - from the River Avon in Pershore, Worcestershire has cost two men £469 each.
Angler found guilty of breaching Nottinghamshire fishing byelaws.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two men for fishing illegally for crayfish on the River Derwent in Derby in July 2019.
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