Calverton Fish farm near Nottingham is a crucial part of the Environment Agency’s toolkit for improving fisheries around the country. As the weather turns colder and many anglers start thinking about hanging their rods up for the winter, staff at …
Every year usually between November and January the rivers of the North East are full of life as Salmon, Sea trout and Brown trout come to lay their eggs in the oxygen rich, clean gravels. Following long journeys back to …
I recently finished an 11 month assignment working for the South East Rivers Trust, an environmental charity dedicated to conserving and restoring rivers. Rivers trusts are national and have been described as having “wet feet” concentrating much of their effort …
“Get Hooked on Fishing – they just take kids fishing….!” These are words which I hear fairly regularly and in fact couldn’t be much further from the truth. I’ve been involved with the charity Get Hooked on Fishing (GHoF) since 2011 …
I’ve been an angler for 27 years and worked for the Environment Agency for 15 of those. For some reason I have always had an affinity with water and fishing. My dad was never an angler but I used to …
I have been an angler since the age of 4 (far more years than I am prepared to admit!) and been privileged to work for the Environment Agency’s fisheries team in a variety of roles for over 25 years. It’s …
Alex Malcolm, Environment Monitoring Officer, Sampling and Collection for Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire I started fishing when I was on holiday in Scotland when I was about 7. That was it! I was hooked from then on and pestered my dad …
I’ve been a Fisheries Officer in the Cumbria and Lancashire for 18 years and I’m well aware that summer can be a very busy time for me and my colleagues. We may have to respond to many fish-related incidents during …
What can you use an aerated tank, stop nets & specialist electric fishing equipment for? Our Sampling and Collection teams and Fisheries teams are working together to survey the fish in the River Loddon and Blackwater, as part of a …
It has been more than 2 years since I became Deputy Director for Fisheries at the Environment Agency – the best job ever, by the way. When I started it was very quickly apparent that if we are to achieve …
