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The cases for the 2 men were heard at Northampton magistrates on 8 June 2022.
Officers have been at sites along the Rivers Teme and Redlake following reports of low water levels and fish being stranded in pools.
Environment Agency experts investigating reports of fish deaths in a Northumberland river believe a natural fungal infection to be the cause.
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.
The Environment Agency has completed the mammoth task of tagging more than 4,000 juvenile salmon smolts (juveniles) before they leave the River Tamar and head out to sea.
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.
The Environment Agency has rescued more than 1,300 fish as a Northumberland river naturally changed course following heavy rainfall, leaving the fish stranded.
The Environment Agency’s Fisheries Improvement Programme has seen £25,853 of rod licence income invested in Devon and Cornwall projects over the last 12 months.
A world-first method for catching scallops has been developed using funding from the Government’s Seafood Innovation Fund.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The funding has helped to enhance fisheries, boost fish stocks and make improvements for anglers, angling facilities and the environment.
People are asked to share their views in a month-long Environment Agency consultation about protecting salmon and sea trout in Yorkshire and the North East
Fisheries Improvement Fund (FIP) invests £3.5 million to benefit fisheries and anglers across England
The visitor centre at the Environment Agency’s Kielder Salmon Centre will reopen to the public - and there’s a new and exciting job opportunity up for grabs!
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.
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