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Check, check, check; new rod licence app continues to bring benefits

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Alt text: A picture showing a fish and containing text which says ‘environment agency, covered for two rods, non-migratory trout and coarse licence, you must carry this or proof of licence when fishing’.

Service Manager Joe Simpson explains how Environment Agency Fisheries Enforcement Officers (FEOs) have been making leaps and bounds in licence checking, thanks to a new app designed and built by Defra’s ‘I Want to Fish’ digital team.

Passing the ‘GDS test’ feels like such an achievement

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Two members of the Digital delivery team responsible for Defra’s flagship Get a Fishing Licence service reflect on their recent experience of navigating the final stage of the Government Digital Service accreditation process, moving the service from Public Beta to Live.

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