Friday 28th November 2014 All the latest fishing news from the Angling Trust and Fish Legal Angling Trust Top News Keep up to date with all the latest Angling Trust news HERE. Our new Sea Angling newsletter can be read online HERE. Famous English Chalk Stream to be Refreshed Long Awaited Boost for Upper Kennet River Flows After years of lobbying against excessive water abstraction from the Upper Kennet, angling and conservation groups - backed by local MP Richard Benyon - have given a warm welcome to the announcement from Thames Water for a new £25 million drinking water pipeline that will significantly reduce the amount of water taken every day from the famous Wiltshire and Berkshire chalk stream. > Read more Meet Martin Salter at the Carp Society Winter Show This Saturday and Tell Him What You Want From the Coming Rod Licence Review This weekend at The Carp Society Winter Show, Sandown Park Racecourse, Portsmouth Road, Esher KT10 9AJ you can tell us what you want to see come out of the Angling Trust's discussions with the Environment Agency on the issue of the coarse angling licence for the use of multiple rods. Do you feel aggrieved at having to buy two separate rod licences? Martin Salter will be at the show on Saturday to speak in the seminar room and hear YOUR view. > Read more Operation TRAVERSE Launched On 12 November 2014, the Assistant Chief Constable of Lincolnshire, Mr Peter Davies, opened Operation TRAVERSE - targeting illegal fishing and fish theft in Fenland - a partnership approach involving Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Police, the Angling Trust, Environment Agency and Cefas Fish Health Inspectorate. > Read more The Angler Magazine and Raffle Tickets Keep your eyes peeled for the latest copy of your free members magazine. "The Angler" should have arrived in your post soon along with tickets for the traditional members' Christmas Raffle. Please return your raffle books to us using the free return-paid envelope enclosed.  If you don't want to enter yourself please try and sell the tickets to someone else. This income is really important to help us do even more to fight for fish and fishing and to promote angling for all. The magazine has an improved design and we hope it contains something for every type of angler - email and let us know what you think. Fish Legal News Read all the latest Fish Legal news HERE Landmark Case Puts Water Industry ‘In the Dock’ Fish Legal will confront 3 Water and Sewerage companies at the Royal Courts of Justice, for a trial from 24 - 27 November 2014 that will have industry-wide implications, arguing the public should have a right under ‘freedom of information law’ to know about the companies’ activities that affect the environment in England and Wales. > Read more Environment Agency forced to regulate reservoir pollution after being confronted with its own data Fish Legal has won a judicial review against the Environment Agency following its 20-year failure to regulate the movement of polluted water from reservoirs in the Midlands into Cropston Reservoir SSSI. > Read more Waste moved away from river following Fish Legal intervention After a waste processing firm ceased trading, West Riding Anglers (WRA) became concerned by runoff pollution from unspread waste on land near its fishery at Harewood in Yorkshire. The EA confirmed that the Harewood waste was one of 13 waste mounds together totalling around 13,000 tonnes. After letters from Fish Legal and WRA, WRA is pleased that the EA required the waste to be spread further away from the river, thus reducing the risk of pollution. Competition News Read all the latest Angling Trust Competition news HERE Steve Sadler - 2014 Angling Trust RiverFest Champion After a few days of heavy rain and fluctuating river levels, 60 anglers arrived at Hereford on the River Wye to fish the first day of the RiverFest 2014 final on Saturday 15th November to find the river slightly over 7ft but falling > Full match report Leon Sibilski Wins Angling Trust British Pike Champs The Angling Trust British Pike Championship final was once again held on the drains in the Fens around Whittlesea, with 232 competitors battling for the title of Angling Trust British Pike Champion of 2014 on sections of the 20 Foot River and Glassmore Bank on Saturday 22nd November. > Full match report General News and Classifieds Events and articles of interest from the Angling Trust and the world of fishing. Conserving the Crucian Carp New Web Page to Help You Get Involved After a group of like minded individuals came together with concerns about the loss of crucian carp habitat and the threat to the species through hybridisation and competition, the National Crucian Conservation Project (NCCP) was launched on 28th May at the Angling Trust Coarse Fish Conference. The project now has its own web page where you can find out about the issues and the aims of the NCCP. > Read more and find out how to get involved Your Help Needed to Design New Fishing Logbook App Angling Trust are working with Cefas and the Environment Agency to develop a free electronic logbook (smartphone app) which will help you record your fishing experiences.  This five minute questionnaire is your chance to help create a design that will be valuable to you. We want you to tell us what data you want this app to store and what features to build. By recording data you will have the opportunity to contribute to scientific research: we intend to use the app as a reporting platform for a Citizen Science project starting in 2015.  The data collected will help us to improve fishery and fish health management, monitor changes in biodiversity and impacts of fish diseases, non-native species and climate change. To do this we need to know what data you regularly collect and what you’d be willing to share with us. > Take part in the survey Blackpool Boat Angling Club Share Safety Videos Grant Duckworth, Chairman of Blackpool Boat Angling Club, recently got in touch with us to draw sea angler's attention to their club's safety instruction videos which are now available to all by accessing the BBAC website at bbac.org.uk under the  "Introduction" section. Please click on the link below to view the videos which provide some very useful information about safety at sea. > Read more Angling Trust and Fish Legal Survey Thanks to everybody who participated in our online survey. We are analysing the results of the survey and considering what we should do differently as a result of the views expressed. We'll be reporting the results and our response to all our members in due course. LAST CHANCE TO VOTE: Who Is The Greatest Canal Angler Of All Time Voting Ends Tomorrow - 29th November Who do you think should be on the list of the best canal anglers of all time? Make sure you cast your vote on the Canal & River Trust website! > Read more Membership Benefits You can check out the full list of great membership benefits and offers HERE. Member Discount On Angling Lifejackets: Stay safe while you fish At this time of the year, with water levels rising and rough seas, we urge all anglers fishing from the shore, boats or in any river to do the sensible thing for the sake of yourself and your family - buy and wear a lifejacket, and get it serviced regularly! Angling Trust members get a great discount on top brand Englands lifejackets. > Read more Angling Trust Regional Meetings Find out more about the Angling Trust's Regional Structure HERE Poaching & Pollution Key Issues at Midlands Forum Angling Trust Midlands Freshwater Forum Tuesday December 9th 2014 Sandys Road, Ombersley, Worcs, WR9 0DY at 7.15pm Contact: National Regions Manager John Cheyne The meeting will include: Foam on the Severn and other pollution Issues, Fish Theft and Poaching - The Way Forward, Teme Barbel Study Update, Severn Predator Study Update, Environment Agency Update, Angling Trust Campaigns Update, Q&A sessions for your questions. 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