More than 460 anglers were prosecuted in April for fishing without a valid rod licence, incurring more than £66,000 in fines and costs. “Our enforcement officers target rivers, lakes and other waters where we believe cheats are present,” confirmed Environment Agency Head of Fisheries Dafydd Evans. “Our staff are better equipped than ever. With access […]

A court heard how more than 100 trout died after leachate escaped from Connon  Bridge Landfill site near Liskeard.Connon Bridge receives household waste from all over Cornwall and operates under a Pollution Prevention Control permit issued by the Environment Agency. At the time of the offence County Environmental Services operated a leachate treatment plant at […]

Salmon populations may be adversely affected by climate change because of changes in their river habitat – unless action is taken to help river ecosystems adapt to unavoidable climate change, according to findings released today.The Environment Agency study, based on detailed climate modelling in three example catchments, found that salmon in the upper River Wharfe […]

Pike in a Westcountry canal are being illegally tagged by having cable ties pushed through their backs.Anglers on the Grand Western Canal, which stretches from Tiverton, Devon, to the Somerset border, have caught numbers of small fish festooned with plastic fastenings.Mystery surrounds why anyone would wish to mutilate pike in this way.“I’ve been hearing about […]

Staff at the Environment Agency will be working with Yorkshire Water to improve water quality close to a waste water treatment works after pollution escaped into the River Calder.The Environment Agency investigated the incident which was reported by members of the public on April 25.Officers found dead trout and grayling between Copley and Cromwell Bottom, […]

Held captive for too long on a laptop in Eastbourne, Chips4Fish has escaped and is landing on the desk at your local fishing venue!Chips4Fish is a small operation with big ideas, primarily to help your venue keep its fish and defeat those who would steal your fish for personal financial gain or other reward.  Backed […]

The Anglers Conservation Association, ACA, the unique organisation set up in 1948 to use the law to make polluters pay for damaging the nation’s fisheries, has recently launched a new facility on its website (www.a-c-a.org) for anglers to sign up for membership, make donations and buy merchandise using a credit, debit card or Paypal account. […]

Following the successes of bringing home the gold medal in 2005 and the near miss of 2006, NFA Team Manager Tom Pickering has now selected his squad to win back the Gold medal at the World Championships in Spain. The only change from the squad that competed in Portugal is the introduction of 16 year […]

A Belgian beam trawler which used ‘blinders’ – illegal linings in her trawl nets – to catch illegal undersized fish which were then kept, was forced to tie up four days while the skipper and owner faced prosecution by the Marine and Fisheries Agency.  The skipper and owner of Belgian Beam trawler De Marie Louise […]

The Angling Trades Association, ATA, are delighted to announce that visitors are now being welcomed on to their new websites.WWW.NATIONALFISHINGWEEK.CO.UKWWW.TAKEAFRIENDFISHING.CO.UK These two sites form the ambitious ‘festival of fishing’ that is taking place this summer, and what’s more, you are all invited to take part!!Sean O’Driscoll, the chairman of the ATA, had this remark to […]

Eleven men caught by Environment Agency officers fishing without a licence were ordered to pay a total of £1,030 today at East Berkshire Magistrates Court. The court heard that the separate incidents all took place between 1 August2006 and 27 August 2006 at fisheries in Barkham, White Waltham, Windsor and Crowthorne. Environment Agency regional fisheries specialist Matt […]

Somerset anglers – your views on river management are needed A new era in the management of Somerset’s three main river systems has been launched with the creation of the Somerset Water Management Partnership.The new organisation is made up of several partners, including the Environment Agency, all involved in tackling the water issues affecting the […]

Environment Agency fisheries teams are working with their counterparts from Anglian Water on a unique project to protect fish on the Norfolk Broads from saltwater flooding.The saline incursion management project is centred on streams near Ludham on the Norfolk Broads, where Environment Agency and Anglian Water staff are helping thousands of fish that are forced […]

Local knowledge once again proved the key to success as Sean Clifford from Rochester, Kent claimed victory in the Monk Lakes Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier.On a day where a full field of 130 anglers fought it out amongst very cold and windy conditions the fishing was going to be tough for everyone and it was […]

Spawning fish in Norfolk’s River Wensum are being given a helping hand through a partnership between local anglers and staff from the Environment Agency’s Fisheries Recreation and Biodiversity and Ecological Appraisal teams. Forming part of the Wensum Fisheries Action Plan and on-going research into the spawning success of the river’s barbel population, anglers have been […]