The Environment Agency and the Angling Trust announce an additional £50,000 of funding as part of the ‘Fishery Improvement Fund’  Yet more fisheries are set to benefit from an additional £50,000 later this summer as part of the hugely successful ‘Fishery Improvement Fund’. The funding comes from the Environment Agency’s rod licence sales. Building on the success of the first round of funding earlier this year, the fund will again be offering awards of up to £5,000 per project. This time, proposals are invited under two strands of the National Angling Strategy ‘Fishing for Life’ – either ‘getting kids into fishing’ or ‘protection from predation’. The funding comes from the Environment Agency’s rod licence sales and is administered by the Angling Trust.

How to apply       Eligibility criteria and details about how to apply will be available to view and download from the Angling Trust’s dedicated Fishery Improvement Fund web page from Friday 12 June.

Applications should be emailed to reach the Angling Trust by the close of business on Monday 13 July 2015, and successful organisations must be able to spend the award by no later than the end of August.

Further information   Details of the 17 projects funded in the first round of the Fund can be found on the Angling Trust website

For further information please contact Rick Warner, Fishery Improvement Fund Administrator

‘Brilliant’ new website helps anglers find perfect fishing spot

A new mobile-friendly interactive website has been launched to help anglers, and would-be anglers, find the best spot to fish. Fishinginfo.co.uk provides everything needed for a fishing trip, from searching for fishing spots to what the weather is doing and live water levels to information on buying a rod licence and where to buy kit. Produced by the Angling Trust in partnership with the Environment Agency, Met Office and Post Office, Fishinginfo.co.uk is part of a major nationwide drive to increase participation in angling.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/brilliant-new-website-helps-anglers-find-perfect-fishing-spot