Electrofishing to assess a river's health
For me, an average day at work consists of a boat, a net, a few colleagues and a lot of fish. And I love it. It is amazing what you can find out about fish now. I work for the …
Fisheries and biodiversity
Posts about our work protecting and improving fisheries and biodiversity
Clamping down on illegal fishing
One of the questions we get asked a lot is "where does my rod licence money go?" Darren Wakenell, is one of our bailiffs. Here he explains more about his role. I've been a fisheries enforcement officer for 13 …
Engineering with nature to help reduce flooding
Posted by:
Andy Croxford, Posted on:
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Categories:
Climate change, Fisheries and biodiversity, Flood
Flooding can occur from many different sources. We saw this in winter 2013-2014 when the storm surge caused flooding on the east coast, there was widespread river flooding across many counties, chalk springs started to flow leading to groundwater flooding …
Events and rewards – a fond farewell
Posted by:
Dr Paul Leinster, Chief Executive, Posted on:
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Categories:
agriculture, Fisheries and biodiversity, Flood, Regulated industry, Water
This is my last blog post as Chief Executive of the Environment Agency. It has been a great privilege to lead such a capable and committed organisation working to protect and improve the environment for people and wildlife. I am …
Working together to restore rivers to their natural glory
Not many people realise that for years, rivers have been altered by man for a variety of reasons such as land drainage, preventing erosion and providing water supplies. Now, in Cumbria, three rivers in the Derwent, Eden and Kent catchments, have been …
Getting 'reel' value for rod licence fee payers
Not a lot of people realise how varied my job as a fisheries officer can be. One day I can be carrying out specialist fish surveys and the next, it will be all hands to the pump to assist a …
Restoring Passford Water in Lymington
It was always going to be a difficult site to develop. A piece of waste land with a history of fly-tipping and contamination from the engineering works next door which hosted a covered-up stream running through a 200-metre culvert. A …
Hedgehogs to the rescue!
...fisheries to bring new fish into their water. It’s important that this is regulated to ensure that new fish don’t bring disease with them, and that they will thrive in...
Fisheries team rescues hundreds of fish... and a plastic duck
...us to go in and rescue the fish - a job for me and my colleagues in the fisheries team. The River Tarrant in Dorset is a little gem of...
Helping wildlife to thrive
...within the wider catchment partnership. Mark Iley has been the biodiversity co-ordinator for the Essex Biodiversity Project since 2008. The project is an informal partnership of around 40 organisations working...