Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Moped and motorcycle rider competence frameworkFound: and engine when parking Safety precautions when parking on hills and uneven surfaces (e.g. low gear, angling
Found: non-government organisations, water companies, local authorities, government agencies, landowners, angling
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Using automatic hooking devices in angling: RPS 293Found: Using automatic hooking devices in angling: RPS 293
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Marine Fund Scotland 2024-2025: general guidance notesFound: • projects that promote recreational angling as a low carbon, nature -based activity that increases
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Wild salmon strategy implementation plan progress report: 2023-2024Found: , 97% of the rod caught salmon were returned to the water , showing the continued effort from the angling
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Wild salmon strategy implementation plan progress report: 2023-2024Found: Protection Agency (SEPA), NatureScot, Scottish Forestry, Scottish Environment Link, Crown Estate Scotland, Angling
Mar. 22 2024
Source Page: Scottish Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Monitoring Strategy: Supporting Annexes 1 to 6Found: Sunart to the Sound of Jura MPA originated from a third-party proposal submitted by the Scottish Sea Angling
Correspondence Mar. 21 2024
Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands CommitteeFound: Angling Trust 3. Argaty Red Kites 4. Argyll District Salmon Fishery Board 5.
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 |
Mar. 15 2024
Source Page: Anglers reminded of start of 2024 coarse fishing close seasonFound: period, riverbanks will see a return of Operation Clampdown, which sees Environment Agency officers and Angling