As we come to the end of another busy year of fish surveys, incident response, enforcement patrols, fishery advice visits and fish stockings to name but a few, we wish everyone - especially our followers, anglers and partners - a very Merry #Christmas and a Happy New Year🎅 🐟

⚖️A man from Trowbridge has been ordered to pay a total of £303 for fishing without a rod licence in Shearwater Lake, Warminster. 🎣Rod fishing byelaws exist to protect fish stocks and their habitats. gov.uk/government/new…

Photo of Rick our Technical Fisheries Officer, supplying Newton Abbot Fishing Association with beautiful Crucian, Tench and Roach, from Calverton Fish Farm. Every year the EA helps develop fisheries in areas where there are limited opportunities for young and disabled #anglers.

Non-native fish species like topmouth gudgeon can pose a serious threat to the environment, as can other non-native fish species, which is why we have Regulations on what fish can be stocked and kept in #fisheries. Any finds of non-native fish can be reported to us on 0800 807060

Callum and Kerry from our team have been out with Wiltshire Police and Angling Trust today on #opclampdown as it is now the coarse fishing close season on rivers until June 16th. Please report any out of season fishing to us on 0800 807060

Great to meet up with our #fisheries colleagues from Devon and Cornwall to show them some #eels in the River Parrett

This weekend, the Environment Agency assisted the Exeter & District Angling Association to deploy fyke nets into Exeter canal, as part of a project to sample fish communities. A good excuse to splash about in a boat 🚤🐟

Our Fisheries Officers Callum and Kerry checked over 220 rod licences during #OpLungfish last weekend across Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, finding 8 offences. They also undertook close season patrols and gave advice to local fisheries on how best to prepare for #summer weather

Great work as always from our colleagues at our Brampton Lab!

We’re at the Institute of Fisheries Management and Environment Agency 2nd International Eel Science Symposium in Liverpool. Looking forward to some really interesting presentations from around the world on amazing eels! #Eels2024

Walrow Ponds in Somerset is one place where Fisheries Improvement Programme money helps transform the environment for anglers, fish stock and nature. Here’s some of Highbridge Angling Association’s hard work 🎣

We have attended a fishery is Wiltshire today, after an angling club reported dead #fish and thousands more gasping at the surface. Very low dissolved oxygen levels were found, so we’ve deployed emergency aeration - we’ll be deploying more tomorrow. Rod licence funds in action

After receiving reports via our Incident Hotline (0800 807060) of illegal netting taking place in Dorset, our officers quickly responded and have seized this net to ensure it doesn’t pose a risk to fish or other wildlife. Please give us a call if you spot any illegal fishing 📞

It’s great that dissolved oxygen has returned to good levels at the fishery we deployed aerators to in Wiltshire last week. Great team work with the angling club and Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council to prevent further fish deaths. Our aerators have been thoroughly cleaned ready for the next incident 🐟

We’ve deployed emergency aeration again this weekend at a fishery suffering with low dissolved oxygen (DO) issues, which had resulted in some fish deaths and hundreds more gasping. DO levels are now improving. Please call us if you notice dead or distressed fish 📞 0800 807060

We have responded to two fish in distress incidents today, caused by low dissolved oxygen. One fishery had a lot of large carp struggling at the surface and some #eels too. Aeration units deployed to save the #fish and we’ll be back to both sites again tomorrow 📞 0800 807060

Wessex Water fined £500,000 + costs for pollution cases in #Melksham and #WickStLawrence bit.ly/3CwxFNC

We often get asked how funds from Environment Agency rod licences are spent and reinvested back into angling and the environment. Our annual published report below gives the details:

Fisheries - Acute summer weather / thunderstorms Our National Fisheries Team has produced guidance aimed at angling clubs / managers to assist them in protecting their fisheries. Please read and share:

We’re currently attending various #fisheries incidents, mostly due to dissolved oxygen issues. We’ve deployed our aeration units and we’re continuing to monitor the situation. Thankfully, we’ve prevented significant mortalities 🤞🏻This emergency equipment is funded by #rodlicences