Recommended
UK angling news | coarse, carp, game and predator fishing news
We hope you enjoy the UK Fisherman "fishing news" section. Clicking on the title of each news item below will take you to a page where you can read the full news aticle.UK Fisherman are constantly searching for informative and unique content for our website and would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to submit a fishing news item for inclusion on this website. To do so, please CLICK HERE to send us the details.
Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon MP announced yesterday a review of the current licensing regime for cormorant control at an Angling Summit, attended by 30 angling and fisheries organisations. This announcement followed a letter to the Minister from the Angling Trust last November, calling for action to be taken to protect stillwater and river fisheries which are suffering significant losses as a result of cormorant predation. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will invite the Angling Trust, as…
Fish Legal’s lawyers have written to the Director General for the Environment in Brussels to request that the European Commission considers infraction proceedings against the UK government in Northern Ireland for breaches of environmental legislation under plans to reopen the River Lagan for canal navigation which would have a devastating effect on recovering salmon and trout populations. Dick Clegg, OBE, International Events Manager said, “It is expected that this event will attract many of the countries affiliated to FIPSed and England…
The Salmon and Trout Association are a group of game anglers influencing national decision makers over the management and protection of salmon, trout and sea trout, the conservation of water and the diverse environments upon which all aquatic life depends. This is their January 2011 newlstter. Chinese Deal for Scottish Farmed Salmon The Scottish Government's First Minister, Alex Salmond, recently declared that the Scottish fish farming industry may need to double its production of salmon to satisfy Chinese demand, following…
The Angling Trust's legal arm Fish Legal has kicked off the New Year with a £19,632 settlement for one of its member clubs - the Derwent Angling Association - whose fishing in the upper reaches of the River Derwent in Northumberland and County Durham was wiped out in February 2009 when sodium hydroxide escaped from a bank-side water treatment works operated by Northumbrian Water Ltd. Sodium hydroxide (commonly known as caustic soda) is used as a chemical base in many…
The Angling Trust sent the email below to our member database on 16/01/11 and hope that you can publicise this call for volunteers through your media channels. If you or your company can help with any of the following areas please get in touch by reply or on 0844 77 00 616. Fight for the future of fishing The Angling Trust is looking for volunteers who care about fishing and can dedicate their time and expertise in the following areas.…
The Angling Trust has written to Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon MP asking him to to reduce the red tape tangling up the process for applying for a licence to control fish-eating birds, which cause untold damage the UK’s £3.5 billion angling industry. Many angling clubs and fisheries which have been in existence for generations are struggling to survive, putting at risk vital direct and indirect rural employment. Without adequate fish stocks, their rivers or lakes cease to attract visiting and…
Following months of pressure from the Angling Trust, Draycote Fly Fishers Association and Jeremy Wright MP, Severn Trent Water has finally advertised for a tenant to run the Draycote reservoir fishery next year. However, at a recent meeting with the club, the company refused to back down on its recently-imposed ban on access to anglers’ vehicles, claiming that parked cars might pose a risk to the Company’s tankers making deliveries at the treatment works. Only a handful of tankers use…
The Italian Fishing Federation has released their calendar of events for next year’s World Angling Games in Italy. The host nation will organise more than 25 different competitions all within the same week at venues throughout Italy from 28th August – 4th September 2011. Coarse, game and sea anglers will converge on the historic city of Florence for the opening ceremony on Sunday the 28th of August and then go directly to the venue selected for them by the Italian…
Water companies have always been reluctant to supply anglers with information about pollution – but a Tribunal which deals with appeals on information issues has now concluded that water and sewage companies in England and Wales are not covered by laws on freedom of information. This is a huge blow to the Angling Trust’s campaigns and legal action to make water companies accountable for the damage they cause routinely to fisheries up and down the country. The decision means that…
The Angling Trust intends to work with the Environment Agency to put in place new arrangements for anglers, angling clubs, fisheries and consultatives to have a say in the management of fisheries and angling, following the Government’s decision yesterday to axe the Agency’s statutory advisory committees. The Government announced that it is to cut the Environmental Protection Advisory Committees (EPAC) and Fisheries, Ecology and Recreation Advisory Committees (FERAC) as part of a wide-ranging reduction in arms-length bodies. It has also…
At its meeting on 25th October, the Angling Trust Directors voted unanimously to co-opt a new member to the Board. Dick Vincent wrote to chief executive Mark Lloyd volunteering his expertise in areas of governance and finance. He attended the meeting on Monday and has joined the Board as a non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Dick joined as an individual member of the Angling Trust when it was launched as the representative body for all anglers in January 2009. He…
Salmon & Trout Association and the Angling Trust issue guidelines to anglers to help contain spread of invasion In September, sharp-eyed anglers fishing on Grafham Water, Rutland, found a new species of shrimp. This was identified by the EA as Dikerogammarus villosus, now known as “the killer shrimp”. This invasive and aggressive species from Eastern Europe kills a range of native species, including young fish, and significantly alters ecosystems. It has now spread to two sites in Wales (at British…
The Salmon and Trout Association are a group of game anglers influencing national decision makers over the management and protection of salmon, trout and sea trout, the conservation of water and the diverse environments upon which all aquatic life depends. This is their November 2010 newlstter. Aquaculture Guy Linley-Adams has hit the ground running in his role as S&TA’s Aquaculture Campaign Consultant. It is too early to report on his work this month, especially as there are some sensitive issues…
A unique coalition of 14 leading environmental organisations * including the Angling Trust has issued a joint call to the Coalition Government to take action on wasted water, pollution and wetland wildlife. The new Blueprint for Water is published today and sets out how the Government could ensure the health and sustainability of England’s water environment by 2015. While some positive moves have been made, there is much more to be done. The Government needs to take its responsibilities to…
The Angling Trust has learned that the Environment Agency has granted licences to the Small Hydro Company, working with British Waterways, for two hydropower plants on the river Trent at Sawley and Gunthorpe which allow up to 100 fish – including eels – to be killed at each of two plants in any 24 hour period. While this doesn’t suggest that the Environment Agency (EA) is directly licensing the killing of fish, it appears to allow the developers to keep…
Shooting and angling have a vital role to play in providing a joined-up approach to the rural environment and economy, Shadow Environment Minister Huw Irranca-Davies told delegates at the Labour party conference in Manchester on Monday night.. Mr Irranca-Davies was speaking at The Rural Reception organised by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Angling Trust. He said this partnership approach was driven by organisations such as BASC and the Angling Trust, adding that Labour needed to…
