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Nottinghamshire man given £467 penalty for illegal fishing
On Monday 16 December 2013, James Greaves, of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court to one charge relating to illegal fishing at Bank End Fishery near Doncaster. He was fined £100 and ordered to pay £347 in costs, along with a £20 victim surcharge. The court heard that on 25 May 2013 Mr Greaves was approached by an Environment Agency ...
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Teesside man handed night-time curfew order for using illegal fishing methods
A Teesside man has been handed one-month, night-time curfew order after he was caught using illegal fishing methods on the River Tees. Thomas Cunningham, 50, of Lanehouse Road, Thornaby on Tees, Cleveland, was sentenced at Teesside Magistrates’ Court today (22 October) after being found guilty of four angling offences. His curfew order stipulates that he must remain at home between the ...
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Australia launches new ship to protect North-West Waters from environmental degradation
The fight against environmental degradation, illegal fishing and people smuggling in Australia’s remote north-west will be boosted with the new Australian Customs Vessel Ashmore Guardian set to become a permanent presence in the area. Minister for Home Affairs Bob Debus and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett said that a new era in surveillance and enforcement would ...
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EU takes concrete action against illegal fishing
Following a Commission proposal, the Council of Ministers has today decided to list Belize, Cambodia and Guinea-Conakry as countries acting insufficiently against illegal fishing. After several warnings, measures will now come into effect against the three countries to tackle the commercial benefits stemming from illegal fishing. This means that imports into the EU of any fisheries products ...
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Seven arrested in Durham illegal fishing crackdown
Seven people were arrested on Tuesday (10 September) for illegal fishing activities on the River Wear in Durham city centre, as part of an operation led by the Environment Agency. After receiving intelligence that illegal fishing and the poaching of salmon was taking place in this area, the Environment Agency’s fisheries enforcement team arranged the overnight crackdown. With assistance ...
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European Commission intensifies the fight against illegal fishing
Following a formal warning one year ago (IP/12/1215), the European Commission today intensifies its fight against illegal fishing by identifying Belize, Cambodia and Guinea as non-cooperating third countries. Despite the Commission working closely with the countries' authorities to set up fisheries management and effective control measures, these three countries have still not addressed ...
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U.S. and EU Pledge Crackdown on Illegal Fishing
Joshua S. Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environment Group, issued this statement today in response to a historic agreement between the United States and the European Union to stop illegal fishing. "Two of the three largest seafood importing markets deciding to crackdown on the illegal fishing epidemic could represent a major turning point for the health of the oceans, communities that ...
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Anglers warned – river fishing close season has begun
Anglers across the East of England are being reminded rivers are off limits from the weekend just gone. The Environment Agency is warning anyone thinking of going fishing in rivers and drains that the coarse fishing close season is in place and anyone caught breaking the rules may be prosecuted. Fishing is still permitted on many canals and stillwaters, depending on landowner agreement. Lesley ...
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Angler fined for repeatedly fishing in the closed season
A Bristol man has been ordered to pay £1,335 in fines and costs for flouting fishing bylaws. Adam Power was caught illegally fishing for coarse fish on the River Avon at Keynsham on three separate occasions. In April 2013 the Environment Agency received reports from members of the public that a man was fishing below a weir near the Brassmills Public House, Keynsham. At the time it was the ...
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Further arrests in Durham illegal fishing operation
Two more people have been arrested in Durham city centre as part of a continuing crack-down on illegal fishing. Environment Agency officers and Durham Police last night (Tuesday 17 September) swooped on Framwellgate, on the River Wear, where they seized eight migratory fish, two fishing rods and a large amount of illegal equipment. The surveillance activities are being carried out as part of ...
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Elver netsman banned for illegal fishing
A Bridgwater man has been banned from elver fishing for four years after he was caught fishing in a 'no go' area on the River Parrett. Christopher Bond was also ordered to pay £900 in fines and costs. Environment Agency bailiffs were on a routine night patrol on March 7, 2013 when they saw the defendant and a second man behaving suspiciously near the Huntspill Sluice. Mr Bond’s ...
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Salmon Watch: Fish crime crackdown aims to protect Solent salmon stocks
The Environment Agency is launching a new initiative to protect Solent salmon stocks and is calling on the public and businesses to help play a major role in safeguarding their future. The new Salmon Watch campaign is part of the Environment Agency’s ongoing crackdown against fish theft and illegal angling. Since a previous anti-poaching campaign was launched across Hampshire in October ...
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Fines for eight anglers caught fishing illegally
Eight anglers caught fishing illegally in Norfolk waters have been fined by Kings Lynn Magistrates’ Court. They were caught without rod licences in an Environment Agency blitz of Norfolk waters. On Thursday 3 October were fined between £60 and £75 and told to pay a victim surcharge of £20. Most were also ordered to pay £127 costs. Lesley Robertson, Environmental ...
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Destruction order for net used in illegal elver net fishing
On Tuesday 25 March 2014, Graham Stokes of Gloucester pleaded guilty at Gloucester Magistrates’ Court to one charge of unauthorised elver net fishing. The 49-year-old was fined £250, ordered to pay £350 in costs, along with a £25 victim surcharge. The court issued a destruction order of Mr Stokes’ elver net and banned him from applying for any authorisation for two ...
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Caught – hook, line and sinker
Five anglers have been found guilty by Ipswich Magistrates’ Court of fishing illegally over the May Bank Holiday. They were caught without rod licences in an Environment Agency blitz of Suffolk waters and on Tuesday (10 Sept) were fined between £35 and £165 as well as each being ordered to pay £127 costs and a victim surcharge of £20. Mark Barrow of Sunnyside Way, ...
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Pew Urges United States and European Union to Crack Down on Illegal Use of Driftnets
At a bilateral meeting tomorrow in Brussels, high-ranking officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the European Commission (EC) will discuss the problem of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including the ongoing use of illegal driftnets in the Mediterranean. In September 2011, the United States and the European Union (EU) signed a joint ...
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Salmon and sea trout close season on Hampshire rivers starts today
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that today (Thursday 31 October) sees the start of the close season for salmon and sea trout fishing in Hampshire. This means that rivers such as the Lymington, Meon, Test and Itchen will close to anglers who traditionally fish for either of these species. The fishing season for salmon runs from 17 January until 2 October and the season for Sea Trout ...
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Enforcement officers carry out 2,285 angler licence checks
The Environment Agency’s Fisheries Enforcement Officers have been patrolling the rivers and still-waters checking licences in the North East from North Yorkshire up to Northumberland. During the period from 1 April to 30 June, officers visited 29 different river locations and 39 still waters. Good weather has encouraged anglers to cast a line during the first three months of the season, ...
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Anti-Human Trafficking: U.S. Upgrades Thailand To Tier 2 Watch List
The United States has upgraded Thailand to the Tier 2 Watch List in their yearly human trafficking report. Thailand was previously in Tier 3, alongside the world’s worst offending nations for human trafficking. The move to Tier 2 comes in response to Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s ongoing efforts to address the country’s human trafficking issues. These efforts ...
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Pew: Governments Incapable of Managing Tuna
Shark protections important, but not enough PARIS - Dr. Susan Lieberman, director of international policy for the Pew Environment Group, issued this statement today in response to decisions made at this year's meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. "ICCAT member governments today adopted measures to protect oceanic whitetip and hammerhead sharks, but ...
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