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