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 …
This summer saw the start of a new era in which the Environment Agency will work more closely with partners to get the best for fisheries and angling in England. A big part of this was after a rigorous and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Whenever anyone buys a rod licence to fish for salmon and sea trout they are legally obliged to let us know if they have caught fish and how many times they went fishing. This is really important data because it …
I’m often asked “why do I need to buy a rod licence, what do I get for my £27?” Apart from it being the law for anyone fishing for migratory and freshwater fish, the income from rod licence sales funds …
I was one of the many Environment Agency fisheries officers out in force this spring checking fishing rod licences. It’s a necessary part of the job – we don’t like spoiling someone’s day out, but if you go fishing you …
On the last Saturday in May, I went fishing for the first time ever, and what a day that turned out to be! Armed with a new rod & reel, and an Environment Agency day rod licence purchased from the …
