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The Environment Agency has released its Annual Fisheries Report 2017-18 providing anglers with details of how their fishing rod licence money is spent.
A 21-year-old man has been successfully prosecuted by the Environment Agency after being found guilty of fishing without a licence in July 2018.
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that coarse fishing on rivers is closed for three months from Friday 15 March.
Today the Environment Agency revealed which fish will feature on the 2019 fishing licences.
Three men were fined and ordered to pay costs totalling more than £1,800 after they were caught fishing illegally in Tewkesbury.
The Environment Agency has released thousands of fish to give stocks a boost and encourage people to go fishing.
The Environment Agency has released thousands of young fish into North East stillwaters this week to give stocks a boost.
Two men have been fined for fishing illegally at a North East pond following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
The Angling Trust has been awarded a new contract to undertake essential angling services including tackling illegal angling and encouraging more people to go fishing across the country.
A public consultation will be conducted on the future of the coarse fishing close season on rivers in England. The consultation is open for 8 weeks, starting on 14 January 2019 and ending on 11 March 2019.
Around 360,000 salmon and 20,000 sea trout have been released into tributaries of the River Tyne this year as the centre celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Environment Agency’s Fish Farm team has been out spreading good cheer during the festive season with their Christmas restocking program.
An angler has been fined over £200 after admitting fishing without a rod licence and obstructing an Environment Agency officer at a lake in Norfolk.
An Environment Agency project to safeguard the flood warning service for Stanhope has also improved fish passage on the River Wear.
The Environment Agency joined forces with Cleveland Police to carry out boat patrols on the River Tees.
The Environment Agency joined forces with expert anglers for the second year running to carry out an important survey to assess the numbers of dace.
The Environment Agency has installed 'baffles' as progress continues on a new fish pass on the River Wear.
Wear Rivers Trust and the Environment Agency have worked together to construct a new fish pass on Brancepeth Beck in County Durham.
The Environment Agency has revealed that brown trout, which haven’t been seen in the Lyme Brook for many years, have returned to Newcastle-under-Lyme.
A new fish pass in the north east has led to juvenile fish being spotted upstream for the first time in 300 years.
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