{"id":86311,"date":"2017-11-14T13:04:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=637e452adb7a06a95377a823770df60d"},"modified":"2017-11-14T13:04:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:04:44","slug":"press-release-nottingham-man-faces-hefty-fine-for-fishing-without-a-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=86311","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Nottingham man faces hefty fine for fishing without a licence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Environment Agency is reminding anglers of the importance of having a rod licence, after a Nottingham man was ordered to pay a fine of \u00a3346 plus costs after being found guilty of fishing without a licence.<br \/>\nWayne Dickens of The Square, Bestwood Village was fined by the court to a total penalty of \u00a31,393 after being found in breach of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act (1975) in June 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The case heard at Wellingborough Magistrates Court on 9 November 2017 was brought by the Environment Agency following the discovery of the offender in Strawberry Fields, Lincoln in June 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Following the verdict, Steve Powell, Enforcement Team Manager for the Environment Agency said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s important that all anglers understand how seriously the courts take these offences and we hope it will provide as a deterrent for any angler thinking of fishing without a licence. All the money raised from rod licence sales is used to protect and improve fish stocks and fisheries, benefitting anglers and those cheating the system will be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Every year across the country, thousands of anglers are prosecuted for not having a fishing licence. As well as swindling other anglers, fishing illegally can carry a hefty penalty. Getting caught without a licence could land you with a fine of up to \u00a32,500.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Any angler aged 12 or over, fishing on a river, canal or still water needs a licence. An annual licence costs from just \u00a330 (concessions available) and is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/fishing-licences\">GOV.UK<\/a> or by calling the Environment Agency on 0344 800 5386 between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about illegal fishing activities can contact the Environment Agency Incident Hotline on 0800 80 70 60 or anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bestwood man caught fishing without a licence in Lincoln<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}