Report A Poaching Incident

Fishing without permission and the theft of fish are criminal offences – with which the police are duty- bound to deal. However, because officers rarely, or may never, deal with such offences, they are generally untrained in this area of the Theft Act 1968, and we consequently have to provide certain information, to overcome this, when reporting incidents.

Please read the below document from the Angling Trust as a guide to reporting illegal fishing or the theft of fish to the police.

If a criminal offence is in progress and/or you are verbally abused or threatened with violence, report the incident via 999 – making those points clear. If reporting an incident historically or providing information, please do so on 101.