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Fishing without a licence last summer has cost 3 men total penalties of £1,275.
A man has been ordered to pay £421 for fishing illegally with a gill net. The Environment Agency fisheries enforcement team witnessed Paul Common pulling in the net at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Grants of up to £40,000 on offer through £100m UK Seafood Fund to trial greener engine technology, helping to create a safe and sustainable fishing sector whilst tackling rising fuel costs
Fishing without a licence has cost anglers a total of £2,490 in penalties.
Environment Agency releases 300 blue-dyed barbel to boost population in Berkshire river. Anglers asked to monitor survival and growth rates
Lewes District Council secured over £12.5 million from the Levelling Up Fund to regenerate Newhaven.
Fishing without a licence has cost anglers from Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Crewe total penalties of £2,614
The UK fishing industry will benefit from increased fishing opportunities in 2023 as the latest round of negotiations conclude.
Threatening behaviour and fishing without a licence cost angler more than £2,000.
The Environment Agency has teamed up with Ringwood and District Angling Association to research declining barbel numbers in the Dorset Stour’s Throop fishery.
Fish bred in Nottingham have been brought to the West Country to help waterways in need of a fish population boost.
Thousands of fish will find new homes this Christmas thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual restocking programme.
Projects awarded funding in the latest round of the Fisheries Industry Science Partnership (FISP) scheme.
The UK has reached agreements with the EU and Norway, and wider coastal states, to secure valuable fishing opportunities for the UK fishing industry.
Over 70,000 eels have made the journey to Cambridgeshire from the Sargasso Sea – a journey of over 3,000 miles.
The UK has reached an agreement with Norway to secure increased opportunities for the UK fishing industry in 2023.
£20 million awarded to modernise and improve infrastructure across the seafood sector with a further £30 million available from today
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two Staffordshire anglers for fishing illegally during this last summer.
The Environment Agency (EA) is enforcing the annual close season over the winter months to help protect salmon and sea trout from disturbance when spawning, allowing stocks to grow.
Ryan Sims from Castle Donington, Leicestershire, has been found guilty of fishing illegally.
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