30 Jul 2018
Campaigners try and overturn the complete ban on taking bass by sports angling If you are a rod and line fisherman you can take 5 tonnes … but sport anglers cannot take one fish. The Angling Trust and Save Our Sea Bass have ramped up pressure on the European Commission after new scientific advice from […]
18 Jun 2018
‘Fish Legal has threatened Defra and Natural England with legal action for failing to take a precautionary approach to the regulation of the lucrative wrasse fishery which has sprung up in the inshore waters of England to supply the Scottish salmon farming industry. The wrasse are caught in pots and transported live to Scotland where […]
13 Jun 2018
At least £300,000 of fishing licence income is being made available to angling clubs and fisheries based in England through the latest round of funding from the Angling Improvement Fund (AIF). The money will be used to help fund general fishery improvements, river access, measures to control predation and improving access-for-all on still waters and […]
02 May 2018
Soil is currently being destroyed ten times faster than it’s being created. This is not only putting the farming sector at risk and costing England & Wales £1.2 billion a year, but is affecting the health of our rivers. A new report by WWF, The Rivers Trust and The Angling Trusts shows that spending approximately £10 million […]
05 Apr 2018
Invasive species week – Minister sees first hand the damage that floating pennywort is having. Biosecurity Minister Lord Gardiner met the Angling Trust and Environment Agency to see at first hand the damaging effect floating pennywort, an invasive non-native aquatic plant, is having on our waterways. Lord Gardiner visited Little Britain Lake in Hillingdon, west […]
19 Feb 2018
Fish Legal and the Angling Trust have written to the government to warn that it could face legal action if it fails to protect sensitive marine sites off the South Coast of England. Thousands of English wrasse are being caught in Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) – protected under EU law – and transported to […]
29 Aug 2017
Follow the Wrasse fishery news stream using the ‘wrasse’ search Tag Angling Trust – Wrasse Campaign The Angling Trust has launched a national campaign calling for an immediate closure of the live capture wrasse fishery supplying fish to the Scottish salmon farming industry and is urging all anglers and conservationists to get involved. Live wrasse […]
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