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A blitz on illegal fishing saw Environment Agency enforcement officers net 27 men for offences on rivers and stillwaters across the North East
Two men have been fined hundreds of pounds for poaching with an illegal fishing net in a Northumberland river.
The Environment Agency has replenished fish stocks at 9 locations across 4 rivers in East Anglia.
The Environment Agency has invested over £1.3 million in projects in the last year to enhance fisheries, boost fish stocks and make improvements for anglers.
The Environment Agency invested over £1.3 million in projects in the last 12 months to enhance fisheries, boost fish stocks and make improvements for anglers.
The River Coquet in Northumberland has taken a new course after overtopping its banks during heavy rain last month.
A consultation which seeks views on the Environment Agency's proposed new byelaws is open from 5 March 2021 for 4 weeks.
The Environment Agency has released thousands of fish bred at its national fish farm into North East rivers and stillwaters
Fish bred at the national coarse fish farm in Calverton, Nottinghamshire have been used to stock the fishing lake at the Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate.
Environment Agency fisheries officers have released 10,000 young dace into the River Thet near Thetford.
Fish and eels now have access to an extra 5,000 metres of the River Wensum thanks to a new fish pass.
The Environment Agency has recovered two illegal fishing nets from the River Wear in Sunderland.
Environment Agency officers have found an innovative 'green' solution to help prevent fish deaths during the dry weather.
The Environment Agency has granted a permit to place fish barriers across the entrances to Hoveton Great Broad in Norfolk as part of a restoration project.
Environment Agency fisheries officers have conducted their yearly restocking on the Great Ouse, releasing 10,100 barbel in a bid to replenish the river.
Environment Agency fisheries specialists carried out a fish rescue in the Peak District yesterday, moving fish that have been stranded as the river dries up.
New byelaws agreed by the Environment Agency will protect salmon and sea trout in the rivers Dee and Wye in England.
The Environment Agency is extending an emergency byelaw to protect salmon in the River Severn and its estuary until 15 December.
A year-long project to reinvigorate a Suffolk river and increase the fish population has proven to be a success six months after completion.
Environment Agency officers have welcomed the arrival of elvers for the first time this year at an eel pass on the River Great Ouse, Cambridgeshire.
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