Fishing for fun!
Have you ever wondered about the value of recreational fishing? By this I don’t just mean the people who are employed in the sport or the money that is spent by anglers. I mean the social benefits. Most anglers – …
Fisheries and biodiversity
Posts about our work protecting and improving fisheries and biodiversity
Norfolk's 5 seasons
While we definitely feel the 4 seasons in Norfolk, we also experience another - the saline season. During this (generally) cold, wet and windy season (September through to March), surge tides push saltwater into the tidal rivers. However, add a …
Working together for a healthy environment, economy and society
Posted by:
James Cross, Posted on:
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Categories:
Community, Fisheries and biodiversity, Other areas of our work
Guest blog by James Cross, Chief Executive of Natural England. It’s a real pleasure to be asked to write this guest blog at the end of my first year at Natural England. All in all it has been a …
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 …
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 …