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 Careers Guide

January 20th 2024

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IFM response to the High Court ruling for Fish Legal and Pickering Fishery Association 

November 26th 2023

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Engagement with nature within education

March 5th 2024

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IFM Submission to the Hinkley Point C Development Consent Order

March 4th 2024

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GREEN’ ENERGY AT WHAT COST? HINKLEY POINT C COULD COST US THE SEVERN

February 19th 2024

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Challenges and Opportunities for Resilient Fresh, Transitional and Coastal Waters 

February 1st 2024

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National Angling Strategy Annual Report 2022-2023

January 18th 2024

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IFM Director of Policy joins the OEP College of Experts

January 11th 2024

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FISHERIES ANNUAL REPORT 2022-23

December 18th 2023

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Freshwater fish highlight escalating climate impacts on species - IUCN Red List

December 12th 2023

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IFM Report on the 2023 NASCO Meeting

December 4th 2023

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Presentations from the Fish Impingement & Entrainment Conference, Liverpool July 2023

November 17th 2023

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Peter Spillett Memorial Award

November 3rd 2023

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2023 Annual General Meeting of the Institute

October 25th 2023

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Native Fish Extinction Fears

October 5th 2023

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OPEN LETTER FROM EPF TO PM RE GREEN POLICY REVERSALS

October 2nd 2023

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Nature 2030: A Plan for the Marine Environment

October 2nd 2023

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Results of latest report into UK salmon stocks now published

September 22nd 2023

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THIRD SEA TROUT SYMPOSIUM CARDIFF SEPTEMBER 2023 

September 17th 2023

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Nutrient Neutrality

September 12th 2023

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Nature 2030 Minifesto: Freshwater

September 11th 2023

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Fisheries in Focus - A podcast from the IFM

August 29th 2023

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Fishing for Good

June 26th 2023

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EA FISHERIES ANNUAL REPORT 2021-22EA

June 6th 2023

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Thames Rivers Trust Peter Spillett Award

May 11th 2023

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Saving Britain’s royal fish

May 5th 2023

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Atlantic Salmon in Crisis

May 4th 2023

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POSITION STATEMENT ON ATLANTIC SALMON CONSERVATION 

May 4th 2023

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Volunteers Wanted for new Catchwise Survey

April 27th 2023

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SHOAL - THE FRESHWATER FISH SPECIES DESCRIBED IN 2022

March 6th 2023

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OEP welcomes draft ammonia strategy for NI but identifies areas for improvement

March 6th 2023

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Take a Friend Fishing – more opportunity than ever for angling success.

March 5th 2023

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Next steps for UK fisheries - trade, opportunities, policy, sustainability and support

March 1st 2023

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Rivers & Wetlands Community Days 2023

February 6th 2023

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2023 SocEnv Awards: Highlight an Outstanding Environmental Professional

February 3rd 2023

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Environment Agency Fisheries Annual Report 2021-2022

February 3rd 2023

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Complaint to the Office for Environmental Protection

January 4th 2023

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IFM Scotland Branch Water Bailiff of the Year Award

December 19th 2022

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Coarse Fish Conference

December 15th 2022

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Wildlife Crime Report 2021

November 29th 2022

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Peter Spillett Award

November 26th 2022

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022

November 25th 2022

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Hoveton Great Broad - fish barrier plan dropped

November 2nd 2022

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Pink salmon - should we be worried?

October 25th 2022

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New pollution prevention advice for fishing communities

October 25th 2022

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First direct evidence of adult European eels migrating to their breeding place in the Sargasso Sea

October 25th 2022

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OPEN LETTER FROM EPF TO PM RE ATTACK ON NATURE

October 12th 2022

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IFM Appoints Training Coordinator

October 9th 2022

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Open letter to PM on environmental deregulation

October 3rd 2022

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IFM Annual General Meeting

September 30th 2022

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World Fish Migration Day Report

September 30th 2022

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Planning Inspectorate decides against Hinkley C appeal for fish screening

September 2nd 2022

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River-flow rates in England at lowest point since 2002, data shows

August 26th 2022

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IFM Report of the 39th NASCO Meeting

August 22nd 2022

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Chemical Pollution

August 18th 2022

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Wildlife under stress as dry spell shrinks rivers

August 16th 2022

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IFM appoints a new Policy Director

July 27th 2022

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IFM and Catch Fishery Survey

July 25th 2022

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IFM and Catch Launch Strategic Partnership

July 23rd 2022

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Fisheries conservation organisations ask the government to review beaver protection.

July 21st 2022

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NGOs submit their comments on the performance review of NASCO

July 15th 2022

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IFM 53rd Annual Conference - Call for Papers

July 12th 2022

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IFM Response to the North East Coast Net Limitation Order Review

June 21st 2022

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IFM continues to seek charitable status                                 

June 21st 2022

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FISH 2022 Issue 2 out now

May 28th 2022

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Fantastic Freshwater report released

May 20th 2022

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400+ organizations call for urgent action to save migratory freshwater fish to protect biodiversity, food sources, and livelihoods

April 20th 2022

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Society for the Environment (SocEnv) unveils new visual identity and website

April 11th 2022

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Meningitis killed Greenland shark found off coast of Cornwall, postmortem shows

April 11th 2022

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Save the Sturgeon on Radio Scotland

April 8th 2022

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Save The Sturgeon: How the public can help Britain's Critically Endangered 'Dinosaur fish'

March 31st 2022

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Eel project highlights the value of citizen science

March 25th 2022

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The Government has been given a comprehensive plan to tackle wildlife crime – will it implement it?

March 22nd 2022

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FISH 2022 Issue 1

March 9th 2022

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The Fishing Industry Request Scientific Support

February 28th 2022

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We need nature everywhere for everyone

February 17th 2022

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SCIENTISTS IN SUPPORT FOR AN AMBITIOUS EU NATURE RESTORATION LAW

February 13th 2022

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Government Water Statement must overhaul ‘creaking and leaking’ sewage infrastructure

February 4th 2022

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David Bunt appointed the first Chief Executive of the IFM

February 2nd 2022

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Open NGO letter responding to 7th QQR consultation.

January 31st 2022

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World Fish Migration Day 2022

January 28th 2022

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Peter Spillett BSc MSc PhD FIFM CEnv

January 27th 2022

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Next Steps for UK Fisheries

January 25th 2022

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Scottish Wild Salmon Strategy Launch

January 18th 2022

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Water pollution: How clean are the UK's rivers and lakes?

January 13th 2022

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Exciting opportunity to manage inshore fisheries and conservation (IFCA)

December 30th 2021

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Minutes of the 52nd Institute AGM

December 21st 2021

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Is a European "eel deal" the only way to save this endangered species?

December 17th 2021

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Make Your Catch Count – Count Your Catch!

December 1st 2021

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IFM Response to the Defra Beaver Consultation

November 29th 2021

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Wildlife Crime in 2020

November 25th 2021

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THE STATE OF THE THAMES 2021

November 10th 2021

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Statement of World Aquatic Scientific Societies on the Need to Take Urgent Action against Human-Caused Climate Change, Based on Scientific Evidence

November 2nd 2021

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Environmental regulators to proceed with controversial fish barriers in the Norfolk Broads.

October 22nd 2021

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Norway reveals plans for river trap system to protect wild salmon

October 22nd 2021

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52nd Annual General Meeting

October 6th 2021

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Time to fix the broken water sector

September 27th 2021

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Troubled Waters

September 16th 2021

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English waters among the least healthy in Europe, and climate change will make this worse

September 15th 2021

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My Route to Chartered Status with the IFM - The Path Less Travelled

September 5th 2021

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Climate-smart fisheries can change the fate of our seas

August 18th 2021

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IFM FISH MONITORING ACCREDITATION SCHEME

August 13th 2021

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Angling Trust and Environment Agency announce £50,000 fund to help angling clubs and fisheries protect waters from invasive species and diseases

August 10th 2021

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Eel Appeal – A new citizen science project needs you!

July 15th 2021

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Salmon & Trout Conservation’s Parliamentary Petition “Give the Environment Agency the funds and freedom to protect English rivers

July 2nd 2021

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IFM Report on the 2021 NASCO Meeting

June 28th 2021

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WORLD OCEAN DAY – MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - NEW SCIENTIFIC TRACKING PROJECT LAUNCHES

June 8th 2021

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Environment Agency delivers £1.3 million boost to England’s fisheries

May 16th 2021

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Doing it's Job. A report by S&TCUK on the state of the Environment Agency

April 30th 2021

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Will the “Marine Super Year” bring a wave of successes for nature?

April 28th 2021

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Seagrass that stores 35 times more carbon than rainforests being planted off Devon coast

April 23rd 2021

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HALF A MILLION EURO DONATION FOR SCALING UP DAM REMOVAL IN EUROPE

April 22nd 2021

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2021 SocEnv Awards

April 15th 2021

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Spawning Brook lamprey footage

April 6th 2021

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Supporting CPD within JBA - The IFM Certificate Course

March 19th 2021

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Results of Voting on Changes to IFM Rules

March 18th 2021

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The effects of COVID-19 on freshwaters

March 16th 2021

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Joint Fisheries Conservation NGO Position Statement on Eurasian Beaver Reintroduction into England and Wales.

March 5th 2021

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Call for nature's recovery by 2030

March 2nd 2021

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Welsh Rivers - Control of Agricultural Pollution Regulations

February 25th 2021

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GAIL DAVIES-WALSH NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF AFONYDD CYMRU

February 11th 2021

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IFM and FSBI Collaboration Announcement

January 22nd 2021

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Next steps for UK fisheries - trade, opportunities, policy, sustainability and support

January 20th 2021

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Voting on Changes to IFM Rules

January 1st 2021

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C&RT Fisheries and Angling Advisory Group

December 22nd 2020

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IFM Scotland Branch AGM

December 15th 2020

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Sturgeon in the press

November 27th 2020

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Flagship Fisheries Bill becomes law

November 25th 2020

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30 by 30: Land for Nature’s Recovery

November 18th 2020

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Fish Legal win first stage of Hoveton Great Broad case.

November 11th 2020

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Link Wildlife Crime Report 2020

November 8th 2020

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51st AGM of the Institute - Watch the action

October 19th 2020

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Vice President of the Institute becomes MBE in Queens Birthday Honours List

October 11th 2020

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IFM Response to Hinkley Point C: Screening for Cooling Water Intake - Permit: EPR/HP3228XT/V004

October 11th 2020

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Interested in becoming Chartered?

October 9th 2020

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Fishery organisations raise concerns over impacts on migratory salmonids from future beaver releases

September 29th 2020

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Official figures reveal not one river or lake in England is in good health

September 18th 2020

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51st AGM of the Institute

September 16th 2020

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World’s Leading Aquatic Scientific Societies Urgently Call for Cuts to Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

September 14th 2020

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Environment Agency ignores its own experts trying to protect vital fish spawning grounds in the Norfolk Broads

September 10th 2020

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Simon McKelvey Training Scholarship

September 8th 2020

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Environment Agency’s National Fish Farm restocks record-breaking weight of fish

August 28th 2020

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In praise of red tape – getting regulation right - Our Letter to Sir James Bevan

August 24th 2020

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Dr Stephen Marsh-Smith OBE

August 24th 2020

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THE ROYAL FISH RETURNS

August 19th 2020

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IFM Photography Competition results

August 11th 2020

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Five-year beaver reintroduction trial successfully completed

August 6th 2020

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Environment 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

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The Barrier Atlas

August 2nd 2020

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World Fish Migration Foundation release first-ever Living Planet Index for Migratory Freshwater Fish.

July 28th 2020

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IFM Report from NASCO 2020

July 8th 2020

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IFM Survey 2019/20 – Short report on the findings

June 16th 2020

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IFM Position on the fisheries bill.

June 15th 2020

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Emerging themes to support ambitious UK marine biodiversity conservation

May 5th 2020

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