16 Nov 2016
Your Fisheries is a catchment initiative developed by The River Trust supported by Environment Agency and Angling Trust. Your Fisheries will provide a common web-based planning system that brings together evidence and knowledge from a range of different sources to inform catchment specific fisheries reports. These reports are intended to represent a range of perspectives […]
16 Mar 2016
For many years hydro-morphology and in particular physical obstructions in rivers have been one of the major unresolved issues highlighted by the WFD process. It will be interesting to see how this plays out, not least with other Government messages on slowing the flow. Defra & Environment Agency: ‘Rivers across England could benefit from new […]
23 Feb 2016
Fishy Stuff – Two articles: 1. The Angling Trust has successfully applied for £131,000 funding from charitable trust the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to spend on increased campaigning to protect dwindling marine and freshwater fish stocks over the next two years. The funds will be matched with membership subscription income and fundraising from other sources to […]
11 Aug 2015
The conservation of Europe’s freshwater fish and their habitats is an important EU policy goal, supported not only through the Habitats Directive and EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, but also because of the clear and close links between water quality and fish conservation status, through the implementation of the Water framework Directive and River Basin Management […]
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