Fishy News
Here you will find the latest IFM News and updates as well as stories and other items of interest from the UK and further afield.
IFM response to the High Court ruling for Fish Legal and Pickering Fishery Association
November 26th 2023
Read articlePresentations from the Fish Impingement & Entrainment Conference, Liverpool July 2023
November 17th 2023
Read articleOEP welcomes draft ammonia strategy for NI but identifies areas for improvement
March 6th 2023
Read articleTake a Friend Fishing – more opportunity than ever for angling success.
March 5th 2023
Read articleNext steps for UK fisheries - trade, opportunities, policy, sustainability and support
March 1st 2023
Read article2023 SocEnv Awards: Highlight an Outstanding Environmental Professional
February 3rd 2023
Read articleFirst direct evidence of adult European eels migrating to their breeding place in the Sargasso Sea
October 25th 2022
Read articlePlanning Inspectorate decides against Hinkley C appeal for fish screening
September 2nd 2022
Read articleFisheries conservation organisations ask the government to review beaver protection.
July 21st 2022
Read article400+ organizations call for urgent action to save migratory freshwater fish to protect biodiversity, food sources, and livelihoods
April 20th 2022
Read articleSociety for the Environment (SocEnv) unveils new visual identity and website
April 11th 2022
Read articleMeningitis killed Greenland shark found off coast of Cornwall, postmortem shows
April 11th 2022
Read articleSave The Sturgeon: How the public can help Britain's Critically Endangered 'Dinosaur fish'
March 31st 2022
Read articleThe Government has been given a comprehensive plan to tackle wildlife crime – will it implement it?
March 22nd 2022
Read articleGovernment Water Statement must overhaul ‘creaking and leaking’ sewage infrastructure
February 4th 2022
Read articleExciting opportunity to manage inshore fisheries and conservation (IFCA)
December 30th 2021
Read articleIs a European "eel deal" the only way to save this endangered species?
December 17th 2021
Read articleStatement of World Aquatic Scientific Societies on the Need to Take Urgent Action against Human-Caused Climate Change, Based on Scientific Evidence
November 2nd 2021
Read articleEnvironmental regulators to proceed with controversial fish barriers in the Norfolk Broads.
October 22nd 2021
Read articleEnglish waters among the least healthy in Europe, and climate change will make this worse
September 15th 2021
Read articleAngling Trust and Environment Agency announce £50,000 fund to help angling clubs and fisheries protect waters from invasive species and diseases
August 10th 2021
Read articleSalmon & Trout Conservation’s Parliamentary Petition “Give the Environment Agency the funds and freedom to protect English rivers
July 2nd 2021
Read articleWORLD OCEAN DAY – MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - NEW SCIENTIFIC TRACKING PROJECT LAUNCHES
June 8th 2021
Read articleDoing it's Job. A report by S&TCUK on the state of the Environment Agency
April 30th 2021
Read articleSeagrass that stores 35 times more carbon than rainforests being planted off Devon coast
April 23rd 2021
Read articleJoint Fisheries Conservation NGO Position Statement on Eurasian Beaver Reintroduction into England and Wales.
March 5th 2021
Read articleNext steps for UK fisheries - trade, opportunities, policy, sustainability and support
January 20th 2021
Read articleVice President of the Institute becomes MBE in Queens Birthday Honours List
October 11th 2020
Read articleIFM Response to Hinkley Point C: Screening for Cooling Water Intake - Permit: EPR/HP3228XT/V004
October 11th 2020
Read articleFishery organisations raise concerns over impacts on migratory salmonids from future beaver releases
September 29th 2020
Read articleOfficial figures reveal not one river or lake in England is in good health
September 18th 2020
Read articleWorld’s Leading Aquatic Scientific Societies Urgently Call for Cuts to Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
September 14th 2020
Read articleEnvironment Agency ignores its own experts trying to protect vital fish spawning grounds in the Norfolk Broads
September 10th 2020
Read articleEnvironment Agency’s National Fish Farm restocks record-breaking weight of fish
August 28th 2020
Read articleIn praise of red tape – getting regulation right - Our Letter to Sir James Bevan
August 24th 2020
Read articleEnvironment Agency and Natural England condemned over wasting public money on a misguided scheme to stop fish spawning and destroy angling in the Norfolk Broads.
August 4th 2020
Read articleWorld Fish Migration Foundation release first-ever Living Planet Index for Migratory Freshwater Fish.
July 28th 2020
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