The Environment Agency and its partner organisations are today calling on anglers to choose to release salmon caught by rod and line and to handle fish with care.
Link: Press release: Anglers asked to embrace careful catch and release of salmon
Source: Environment Agency
Environment Agency and Herefordshire Council are using satellite technology to target sites where soil water run-off is causing big problems for the environment and the county’s roads.
Link: Press release: Preventing pollution and hazards from soil water run-off
Source: Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is today introducing an emergency byelaw to protect salmon in the River Severn and its estuary, after a review of recent data showed a significant reduction in salmon stock levels in the Severn.
Link: Press release: Emergency byelaw to protect salmon stocks throughout the Severn
Source: Environment Agency
Nottingham man guilty of fishing without licence and taking fish.
Link: Press release: £600 penalty for man fishing without licence and removing fish
Source: Environment Agency
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency
Speech to Resourcing the Future Conference 2019, London
Link: Speech: The tip beneath the iceberg
Source: Environment Agency
Parkeston pumping station near Harwich, located at the lower end of the Ramsey/Dock River, helps to protect homes and businesses from the risk of flooding.
Link: Press release: Work to start on final stage of £1 million pumping station overhaul
Source: Environment Agency
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s announcement to set a target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, Emma Howard Boyd Chair of the Environment Agency said:
Link: News story: Government announcement to end UK’s contribution to climate change
Source: Environment Agency
Fishing licence income has funded £10,000 worth of equipment to help protect fisheries in East Anglia and save fish in distress due to the effects of hot and dry weather.
Link: Press release: New equipment set to help fish in distress
Source: Environment Agency
Construction gets underway on flood defences in the North Street area to help protect York
Link: Press release: Major milestone for £45 million York Flood Alleviation Scheme
Source: Environment Agency
An investigation into dozens of giant heaps of waste dumped illegally across southern England has led to an arrest.
Link: Press release: Arrest made following Home Counties waste mountains
Source: Environment Agency
