04 May 2017
Angling trust reveal how EA Flood Defence contracts are destroying river habitats that other parts of the EA are trying to support wasting resources Angling Trust: After a lengthy investigation, the Angling Trust has uncovered evidence of the destruction of habitat for fish and other wildlife by Environment Agency contractors carrying out flood defence works […]
26 Apr 2017
TWO Articles 1.Cross Party MPs headed by Richard Benyon call for a complete overhaul of the outdated water abstraction regime With the general election now likely to take place as drought conditions threaten parts of the South East of England, a cross party group of MPs headed by former Environment Minister Richard Benyon, and backed […]
14 Apr 2017
The awareness of this unregulated fishery is growing rapidly and the work the Angling Trust has done shows some worrying anomalies in the basic fishery data. Whichever figures are used it is not an insignificant fishery. The Norwegian work on comparisons between MPA no take areas and the unprotected coast begin to highlight impacts. IFCAs […]
05 Dec 2016
Three articles on Seabass and why the Angling Trust are not taking part in the Cefas angling survey. Before December Council this is the NEF proposal for EU level and UK specifics on the bass fishery – Chris Williams & Griffin Carpenter New Economics Foundation An overview of the options open to decision makers. Save […]
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 […]
07 Nov 2016
Commission proposes fishing opportunities in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2017 – comments on bass – Angling Trust and Guardian Brussels, 27 October 2016 ‘In preparation for the December Fisheries Council, where Member States will negotiate fishing quotas in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2017, the Commission is presenting its proposal for healthy […]
24 Oct 2016
The Angling Trust has published a comprehensive report calling for far greater protection for Britain’s estuaries and for a radical overhaul of the outdated rules governing inshore netting, which is doing huge damage to juvenile fish stocks and endangering the survival of important species such as bass, mullet, salmon and seatrout. The dossier, Inshore Netting […]
30 Jun 2016
Six reactions – articles: Eustace, Amber Rudd, ICE, Angling Trust, Grantham Institute & Client Earth The Threat: George Eustace – Brexit would free UK from ‘spirit-crushing’ green directives, says minister. Farming minister George Eustice says leave vote would free up £2bn now spent on insurance schemes and incentives for farmers Telegraph Amber Ruud on Climate […]
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