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...
Making the impassable possible
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Katherine Causer, Posted on:
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Fisheries and biodiversity, Uncategorized, Water
It’s 15 years since I first filmed a poignant video of salmon trying to negotiate a weir on the lower reaches of the River Bollin, in Cheshire, during the breeding season. Salmon disappeared from the Bollin nearly two centuries ago …
Putting fish on the ‘highway’ to success
We’ve been working to allow fish to migrate freely up and down two of Yorkshire’s rivers, taking rivers back to how they would have been before the industrial revolution. In the last few months we’ve made significant additions to Yorkshire’s …
Out on patrol with our fisheries enforcement team in Cheshire
I love my job because every day I deal with something new. As a Fisheries Officer, I'm involved in lots of different work that is aimed at protecting fish in my local area. One of my main duties is to carry …
Working together to create a better place for fish
I am a fisheries project officer for the Environment Agency, before that I also worked for the National Rivers Authority, and I have been involved with fishing for over 13 years. I started life as a water bailiff, a job …
Fishing is a family thing
Fishing is always something I do with my dad. He taught me how to fish and now it's quality time we spend together. I was about 8 or 9 when he first took me fishing. I grew up on the …
Don’t catch a cold, catch a fish
The nutritional benefits of eating fish are well known – but it’s the health-boosting power of catching them that are arguably less well known. Angling is one of the UK’s most popular pastimes and it’s one of the healthiest too. In …
From a phone call to a fish rescue
When you are dealing with a water body the size of London’s Hyde Park, the presence of two or three dead fish may not seem significant, but it can be an important early warning that something is wrong. So when …
Bubbles, ammonia and sardines - taking care of your fishery
For fish all over the country, summer can be a stressful time of year. The hot, sunny weather we enjoy so much can lead to low flows in rivers, and stillwater fisheries (with ponds and lakes) start to warm …
How to Raise Millions of Babies
Here at the National Coarse Fish Rearing Unit near Nottingham, the new spawning season is in full swing where each year we spawn and rear 9 different species of fish. The process starts in March with dace and grayling. This …