Andy Taylor of the Head Office partnership team recalls the simultaneous feelings of excitement, fear and curiosity that first got him hooked on fishing. Experiences can shape lives – and even careers. For me it was a lucky sweep with …
I work as the Fisheries Technical Specialist for the East Midlands region, advising the Environment Agency and our stakeholders on fisheries issues. This involves encouraging the consideration of the natural environment with a focus upon fish health and habitats, …
My job as a fisheries enforcement officer (commonly known as a Water Bailiff) is never dull – there is always something going on in the world of fisheries that needs our attention! Many people confuse us with angling club …
I’ve been a keen angler for more than fifty years. I began fishing on canals and still waters in Merseyside and developed my technique by reading Mr Crabtree goes fishing and articles in the Angling Times. The best fish that …
This Sunday (25 September) is World Rivers Day. In this blog Judy Proctor writes about the Environment Agency's work to help salmon thrive in England's rivers. I have been leading the salmon 5 point approach for nearly 5 months and …
The River Derwent in Derbyshire was heavily used and altered during the Industrial Revolution. It powered the mills of the leading entrepreneurs of that time, Richard Arkwright and Jedediah Strutt. There were two unforeseen legacies of this development - one …
Spring is a magical time of year as bluebells come into flower and birds are busy building their nests, heralding the spring and early glimpses of summer. I work in our national fisheries team and so for me one of …
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 …
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 …
One of my first encounters with salmon was as a Fisheries Officer in Hampshire in the early 1990s rescuing a thirty pound salmon from a dead-end river channel in Romsey on the River Test, which was a favourite haunt of …
