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Tuesday 29th July 2014

All the latest freshwater news stories this month from the Angling Trust and Fish Legal

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Salford Friendly Anglers Receive Fred J Taylor Award The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that this year’s Fred J Taylor award for exceptional work in protecting or improving water habitats in England was presented to Salford Friendly Anglers. The club was nominated by the Wild Trout Trust for its clean-up work on the Irwell, a recovering industrial river that flows through Manchester and Salford. Pictured: The River Irwell record trout > Read more

Government Fracking Controls Not Enough Says Angling Trust Angling and conservation groups have given a lukewarm welcome to this week’s Government announcement that National Parks and Areas of Natural Beauty will be afforded special protection and fracking developments will only be allowed within them under ‘exceptional circumstances’. Although a useful step in the right direction this definition remains unclear and will not prohibit all fracking in these areas. "This is a missed opportunity to ensure that all designated sites, which are highly sensitive and of great value to wildlife and fisheries, are properly protected from the outset." - Angling Trust Campaigns Chief Martin Salter. > Read more and see the full statement

Politicians Make Beeline for the Angling Trust Stand at the Game Fair The new Environment Secretary Lizz Truss was one of a clutch of senior politicians to visit the Angling Trust stand at this year’s Game Fair at Blenheim Palace in one of her first public appearances since taking over from Owen Paterson. Other visitors who came to hear how the Angling Trust & Fish Legal is standing up for fishing included former fisheries minister Richard Benyon, his successor George Eustice, the LibDem peer Lord Marks and UKIP leader Nigel Farrage. > Read more

Kevin's Day - In Memory of Kevin Green On Thursay 14th August please come and join in with celebrating the life of an angling star - Kevin Green - talented and inspirational angler, tireless mentor to thousands of newcomers to the sport and former editor of Improve Your Coarse Fishing magazine. Come and meet Kevin's fishing friends including Alan Blair, Mick Brown, Julian Chidgey, Bill Cottam, Terry Hearn, Nigel Botherway, Steve Fitzpatrick, Jan Porter, Simon Scott, Steve Broad and many more - full information here. Plus there's a chance to have a coaching session as part of National Fishing Month. Location: Lemington Lakes, Todenham Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England GL56 9NP Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm Entry Fee: Just £10 a car You can find info about the official launch of the Kevin Green Angling Academy (South) on our Facebook Events Diary.

New Fishing Platforms for Anglers on the Don Doncaster & District Angling Association (DDAA) have installed 25 recycled plastic angling platforms along the banks of the river Don at Sprotbrough. We will be posting all our clubs, fisheries and riparian owner members information about a 15% off member discount from Marmax products - if you are a contact for a club or fishery look out for the mailing in the next few days. > Read more

Angling Trust Ambassadors Help Boost Membership Angling Trust Ambassadors who helped out on our stand at the CLA Game Fair included Malcolm Greenhalgh, Carl & Alex Smith, Mark Everard, Chris Clark, Barney Wright, Phil Smith, Alex Jardine, Charles Jardine, Neville Fickling, John Bailey, Keith Elliott & Sarah Collins. We signed up over a hundred new members during the show and our brand new stand included new displays and a range of activities at the revamped House of Fishing which proved popular with visitors who were able to hear how the Angling Trust and Fish Legal is standing up for fishing and fighting the threats to our sport. Please forward this email to a friend and encourage them to sign up for membership too. Thanks. > Read more

Nottingham Anglers Get Sport England Funding Nottingham Anglers Association is among 324 local sports projects to secure a share of £17 million of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities fund. Applying for funding has never been easier. Based on feedback from previous applicants, the Inspired Facilities Fund is now an open programme which means projects can submit applications as soon as they are ready rather than being restricted by a specific deadline. > Read more and apply for funding

BIG Prizes in the New Angling Trust Raffle Don't forget to take part in our new supporter raffle. You could win the top prize of £5,000 in cash or one of six fantastic vouchers to buy up to £2,000 of coarse, sea or game fishing tackle from our sponsors Daiwa. The proceeds from the raffle will be added to the funds from our growing membership so that we can do more to protect fish and fishing now and in the future. Buy your tickets NOW at www.anglingraffle.net  > Read more

Fish Legal News Read all the latest Fish Legal news HERE Make sure your club, fishery or syndicate is a Fish Legal Member, so if the worst happens you can obtain free legal representation to restore and restock - call us on 01568 620 447 to sign up...

Reservoirs Act 1975 Who Bears the Cost of Upkeep? Defra has finally responded to Fish Legal's continuing enquiry for clarification on whether those who merely hold fishing rights separate from the land could be responsible for (potentially expensive) reservoir safety under the Act. Defra's response was less than definitive. It sought to reassure that if clubs or fishery owners only hold the fishing/sporting rights, then they are unlikely to be caught as they do not own or lease the physical asset/reservoir, provided their use of the reservoir does not amount to using it "for the purposes of any undertaking". It is not clear in the Act what this means, and if a club or fishery owner qualify in this way then it is possible for them to stand in front of any actual owner of the reservoir and be primarily liable for safety measures. According to Defra, relevant considerations would be: 1. whether the level of usage is extensive; 2. Whether the level of control (of the reservoir and its physical features) justifies liability for the safety of the reservoir; 3. that the level of control would be the determining factor; and 4. that each case will depend on its own facts. Unhelpfully, Defra does not anticipate issuing formal statutory guidance on this topic, or otherwise clarifying this issue in the Act. Fish Legal has a factsheet on Reservoirs that can be made available to Fish Legal members.

Competition News Read all the latest Angling Trust Competition news HERE

Evolution of the Winter League The Angling Trust has taken its first steps to safeguard the future of the Winter League. The aim is to improve satisfaction among existing Winter League anglers and attempt to introduce new teams and anglers to the league. The changes have been introduced following a survey conducted by the Angling Trust to gather the thoughts and opinions of anglers about how the Trust could improve the Winter League. > Read more

Double Gold for England Feeder Team in the FIPSed World Championship The Angling Trust's Preston Innovations sponsored England Feeder team shattered the opposition in the 4th FIPSed World Feeder Championships from 19th – 20th July on the fantastic Inniscarra Lake near Cork in Southern Ireland. Tom Pickering’ s men had spent a great deal of time travelling and practising on the venue, and all their efforts were rewarded when they recorded less than half the points of the runners up host team Ireland. > Read more