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EA Fisheries - Devon and Cornwall

@DCFishEA

We are the Environment Agency’s Fisheries Team covering Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

 Devon and Cornwall
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If you are going fishing today and want to enjoy your bank holiday Monday, please remember to buy a rod licence. 3 hours into my shift and already 4 without a valid licence.
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It never ceases to amaze me that a salmon that had spent it’s adult life swimming vast oceans will suddenly swim up tiny rivers and risk it all to pass on its genes. This one did just that though this week.
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🐟 500 fish saved! Our electrofishing team moved trout, eels, minnow and more from drying sections of the upper River Hems, South Devon, to flowing water downstream. Without action, these fish wouldn't have survived the drought.
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Our EA Fisheries Enforcement Officers have responded to a report of illegal fishing in Exeter today. Offences dealt with in relation to SAFF Act 1975 will result in a criminal record. We enforce to protect fish stocks. 🐟 Report suspicious behaviour ☎️0800 807060
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Increased sea patrols with @CornwallIFCA due to reports of salmon with fresh gill net marks in our estuaries. If you see any suspicious activity please report via ☎️ 0800 807060 #salmon #protect #illegalnetting
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Check this out as a route to further professional development in the marine industry. rya.org.uk/stories/russ-hall…
Russ Hall

Russ Hall

Influenced by a father who joined the Royal Navy as a boy and worked his way up to Lieutenant Commander, Russ Hall enjoyed a busy life in boating before applying for the Trinity House RYA Yachtmaster...

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Joint sea patrol with @CornwallIFCA protecting marine and migratory fish stocks in our estuaries. #protect #seafish #salmon
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Our rivers are fine balanced ecosystems providing habitat to some amazing species. In the south west this includes migratory trout and salmon. Please don’t make their travel upstream any harder by adding unnecessary man-made structures that block fish passage. #seatrout #salmon
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Summer holidays, weekend rod licence checking. Four anglers reported for fishing without a licence in just under one hour patrolling. Don’t make the same mistake. Buy a rod licence👇 gov.uk/fishing-licences/buy-…
Buy a rod fishing licence

Buy a rod fishing licence

How and where to buy or upgrade a rod fishing licence for salmon, trout, freshwater fish, smelt and eels in England and Wales.

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Mts bay and lands end sea patrol. Not very often to have wind and weather in favour like this…. #fisheries enforcement #cornwall
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Our Fisheries Enforcement Officer has been out today auditing fish introductions in Cornwall. Great to see all fish swim off in good conditions. #salmon #cornwall #fishing
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Last nights patrol following up on reports of illegal fishing, set lines and fish traps. Our patrol covered coarse and fly fisheries as well as salmonid rivers. If you are out fishing, please make sure you have a valid rod licence. #fishing #salmon #enforcement
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In the hot dry weather algal blooms can form in our rivers, lakes and seas. When we receive a report we collect and analyse samples. If confirmed as Blue Green Algae it presents a risk to people and pets and we advise landowners to erect warning signs. gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Taking water samples to test for Blue Green Algae

ALT Taking water samples to test for Blue Green Algae

Blue Green Algae

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With less than 1% of average rain so far this month and some rivers as hot as 24C, the West Country is now in prolonged dry weather. We are keeping a close eye on river flows and temperatures and responding to incidents like rescuing fish in distress. gov.uk/government/news/the-w…
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Rod licence checking today, please make sure you are correctly licensed before heading out to fish.
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Environment Agency issues new permit for Davidstow creamery

Environment Agency issues new permit for Davidstow creamery

Following a public consultation, the Environment Agency has issued a permit variation to Saputo Dairy UK for their creamery site near Davidstow, Cornwall.

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Joint EA and DS-IFCA fisheries enforcement sea patrol in the morning and rod licence checking in the afternoon. #fisheriespatrol #OPLungfish
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@EnvAgencyYNEApr 22
Two men from Sunderland have landed fines and costs of over £1,250 for using an unlicenced gill net in the River Wear. They only caught one sea trout on this occasion but the net could have been deadly to any wildlife entangled in it. Report illegal fishing 24/7 to 0800 807060.
The illegal gill fishing net was found in a carrier bag along with plastic bottles that had been used as a float for the net. From the surface, the bottles look like discarded rubbish and help to hide what lies beneath in the water. The unlicenced net had been used in the River Wear - one of the best sea trout and salmon rivers in England - at Stanhope in Upper Weardale.

ALT The illegal gill fishing net was found in a carrier bag along with plastic bottles that had been used as a float for the net. From the surface, the bottles look like discarded rubbish and help to hide what lies beneath in the water. The unlicenced net had been used in the River Wear - one of the best sea trout and salmon rivers in England - at Stanhope in Upper Weardale.

The seized sea trout was found in a supermarket shopping trolley. Darren Lascelles, 50, of Cheltenham Road and Ben Thomas Taylor, 43, of Kingsland Square have been successfully prosecuted by the Environment Agency for using an unlicenced gill fishing net to catch the fish.

ALT The seized sea trout was found in a supermarket shopping trolley. Darren Lascelles, 50, of Cheltenham Road and Ben Thomas Taylor, 43, of Kingsland Square have been successfully prosecuted by the Environment Agency for using an unlicenced gill fishing net to catch the fish.

The seized sea trout was weighed and measured. It weighed in at 2.5 kilos.

ALT The seized sea trout was weighed and measured. It weighed in at 2.5 kilos.

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The annual coarse fishing close season for rivers and streams is now in operation and runs until 15th June (inclusive). anglingtrust.net/2026/03/16/…
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