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 …
Water levels, boars and boreholes….
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Dan Cheney, Posted on:
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Fisheries and biodiversity, Flood, hydrometry, telemetry, Water
You may have seen my first blog where I explained a bit about my role as a hydrometry and telemetry officer and how hydrometry and telemetry form the foundation of some of the most important functions performed by the Environment Agency. …
Water great way to earn a living
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Dan Cheney, Posted on:
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Fisheries and biodiversity, Flood, hydrometry, telemetry, Water
Think you have the best job in the world? Think again! A bold claim I know but how many other jobs allow you to spend your days roaming the Great British countryside (many of our sites are very remote), spotting …
Spotlight on salmon: how we are protecting stocks
We recently contacted anglers to encourage more people to return more of the salmon that they catch. Many have asked us what else we are doing to protect stocks. Salmon stocks are assessed as 'at risk' in 16 of England’s …
Fish SOS! How you can help
It may seem strange that a Fisheries Officer would be attending ‘SOSfest’, a public safety festival! It was filled with stalls manned by the Police, Fire Service, Ambulance and Armed Forces to name a few. My flood resilience colleagues were …
A river's health check
The Sampling and Collection teams have an important role to play for the Environment Agency to help understand and enhance our water wildlife, but what does the work involve? The sampling and collecting teams (S&C) primary function in fisheries is to …