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Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Moped and motorcycle rider competence framework
Document: (ODS)

Found: and engine when parking Safety precautions when parking on hills and uneven surfaces (e.g. low gear, angling


National Audit Office
Energy and environment - Mar. 28 2024
wider environmental goals (PDF)

Found: non-government organisations, water companies, local authorities, government agencies, landowners, angling


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Using automatic hooking devices in angling: RPS 293
Document: Using automatic hooking devices in angling: RPS 293 (webpage)

Found: Using automatic hooking devices in angling: RPS 293


Scottish Government Publication (Advice and guidance)
Marine Directorate

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Marine Fund Scotland 2024-2025: general guidance notes
Document: Marine Fund Scotland 2022-23: General Guidance notes (PDF)

Found: • projects that promote recreational angling as a low carbon, nature -based activity that increases


Scottish Government Publication (Progress report)
Marine Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: Wild salmon strategy implementation plan progress report: 2023-2024
Document: Wild Salmon Strategy Implementation Plan Progress Report 2023-2024 (PDF)

Found: , 97% of the rod caught salmon were returned to the water , showing the continued effort from the angling


Scottish Government Publication (Progress report)
Marine Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: Wild salmon strategy implementation plan progress report: 2023-2024
Document: Wild salmon strategy implementation plan progress report: 2023-2024 (webpage)

Found: Protection Agency (SEPA), NatureScot, Scottish Forestry, Scottish Environment Link, Crown Estate Scotland, Angling


Scottish Government Publication (Strategy/plan)
Marine Directorate

Mar. 22 2024

Source Page: Scottish Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Monitoring Strategy: Supporting Annexes 1 to 6
Document: Scottish MPA Monitoring Strategy - Annexes 1-6 (PDF)

Found: Sunart to the Sound of Jura MPA originated from a third-party proposal submitted by the Scottish Sea Angling


Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from Our Seas Coalition, 21 March 2024
Subordinate legislation: Sea Fish (Prohibition on Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2024

Correspondence Mar. 21 2024

Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Found: Angling Trust 3. Argaty Red Kites 4. Argyll District Salmon Fishery Board 5.


Written Question
Angling: Licensing
Tuesday 19th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions by the Environment Agency there were for fishing without a licence in England in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, and (5) 2023.

Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

In addition to prosecution, the Environment Agency will use other enforcement outcomes that include formal cautions, warning letters and issuing advice and guidance. The table below provides the numbers of these used alongside prosecutions between 2019 to 2023.

Final Action Taken

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Grand Total

Advice and Guidance Total

261

59

167

114

78

679

Caution Total

113

25

254

573

1176

2141

Warning Letter Total

182

102

238

1447

338

2307

Prosecutions (Successful) Total

1876

464

728

379

250

3697

Grand Total

2432

650

1387

2513

1842

8824

The total number of successful prosecutions is higher (+498) than the table above if you include fisheries byelaw offences such as fishing in the close season. Please see the table below for all prosecutions and enforcement actions.

Final Action Taken

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Grand Total

Advice and Guidance

269

62

167

116

79

693

Caution

123

29

276

579

1185

2192

Warning Letter

191

110

265

1461

362

2389

Prosecutions (Successful)

2057

494

818

483

343

4195

Grand Total

2640

695

1526

2639

1969

9469


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Environment Agency

Mar. 15 2024

Source Page: Anglers reminded of start of 2024 coarse fishing close season
Document: Anglers reminded of start of 2024 coarse fishing close season (webpage)

Found: period, riverbanks will see a return of Operation Clampdown, which sees Environment Agency officers and Angling