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A major investment will modernise Britain's fishing fleet, enhance workforce skills, and revitalise coastal communities to boost tourism.
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) confirms I-VMS licence condition in effect from 12 May 2025.
A 42-year-old man was caught red-handed by Environment Agency officers when he attempted to use a cast net without permission on a canal in South Yorkshire.
皇冠体育app Environment Agency鈥檚 Fisheries Enforcement Officers have started patrols along the coast to help protect the endangered European eel from illegal poaching.
MMO introduces licence condition for I-VMS ahead of new legislation
Environment Agency fisheries officers in the North East have stepped up patrols as the close season for coarse fishing begins.
皇冠体育app Environment Agency is reminding anglers that the close season for coarse fishing comes into effect on Saturday 15 March and runs until 15 June inclusive.
A total of 4,000 fish, including chub dace and roach, have been released into the River Weaver at two key locations in Cheshire.
As part of an ongoing Environment Agency crackdown, 6 anglers have been found guilty of fishing illegally at waters in the London area last year.
Anglers from Walsall, Evesham and Burton-upon-Trent have been found guilty of fishing illegally.
鈥楤lue-bellied鈥� barbel have been released into the wild by the Environment Agency to see how far they travel.
Three anglers from Nottingham and one from Loughborough have been found guilty of fishing illegally in cases brought by the Environment Agency.聽
Routine checks by the Environment Agency caught a Cornish angler fishing without a rod licence, costing him 拢249.
皇冠体育app Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a Nottinghamshire man for illegally fishing for crayfish on the River Derwent.
Fishing without a licence has cost an angler from Stafford a fine of 拢220 plus 拢836.50 costs and a victim surcharge of 拢88.
New rules to protect salmon and other fish in the River Camel catchment in Cornwall have come into force.聽
Sewage flooded into properties and thousands of fish were killed
Four East Midlands anglers must pay fines totalling 拢710 following cases for fishing illegally.
Three men from the West Midlands have been found guilty of fishing illegally in cases brought by the Environment Agency.
A new agreement will see information, data and technical advice on maritime activity shared, to raise awareness of and prevent illegal acts.
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