Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have there been for fishing without a valid rod licence in each of the last five years.
There have been the following number of prosecutions for fishing without a valid rod licence in each of the last five years:
Year | Number of prosecutions |
2012 | 2,168 |
2013 | 1,880 |
2014 | 2,268 |
2015 | 1,798 |
2016 | 2,088 |
All of the above figures are from between 1st January and 31st December.