Report illegal fishing or make a complaint
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) encourages genuine licence and permit holders, and the public, to help protect fisheries by reporting illegal activity and pollution incidents. By reporting these incidents you are helping to improve and protect angling for the future.
Illegal activity
DAERA fisheries protection officers often detect illegal activity based on information supplied by the public. Dates, times, locations and and any other relevant information to help the fisheries protection officers’ investigations.
If you know about or suspect illegal fishing, you should contact DAERA Inland Fisheries
- phone: 0300 200 7860
Outside office hours, or in an emergency, contact the hotline number:
- phone: 0800 807 060
Prosecutions
DAERA fisheries protection officers have powers to investigate illegal fishing activity in Northern Ireland inland waters.
Pollution incidents
If there has been pollution or a fish kill, contact the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) pollution hotline.
- phone: 0800 807 060
Note - email reporting is only checked during office hours.
Enquiries, complaints and compliments
If you have any enquiries, complaints or compliments, contact DAERA Inland Fisheries.