We are the Environment Agency’s Fisheries Team covering Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
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ALT Taking water samples to test for Blue Green Algae
ALT Blue Green Algae
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.
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.
ALT The seized sea trout was weighed and measured. It weighed in at 2.5 kilos.
ALT Stack of informational leaflets and signs on a wooden surface. The left stack features a "No Fishing" symbol with details in English and other languages. The right stack displays a "No coarse fishing on rivers – 15 March to 15 June inclusive" sign with the Environment Agency logo.
ALT An Environment Agency officer is demonstrating how aeration equipment works. The jet of water injects new oxygen into the still water to help fish in distress.
ALT Back view of an Environment Agency fisheries officer, looking out across a river, with grass and blue sky visible in the background.
ALT A Prussian carp, with labels to highlight identifying features.
ALT A rusty wire-net trap with a cylindrical frame lying on a grassy riverbank, attached to a coiled-up length of rope.
ALT A Fisheries Officer holds up a cast net like the illegal one used by a man on a canal in South Yorkshire.