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Thursday 18th
December 2014
All the latest
fishing news from the Angling Trust and Fish Legal
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Big news on our bass campaign, an update from Fish Legal on
its landmark case against water companies and a special offer for fresh and
saltwater fly anglers. Read on...
Angling Trust and Fish Legal Top News
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Campaigning For More And Bigger
Bass
It's been a massive month for the Angling Trust campaign to save our bass
stocks. MPs have been flooded with letters from anglers demanding an end to
the pair trawling of bass spawning sites, reduced catch limits for
commercial boats, more bass nursery areas and a new, higher minimum landing
size to allow fish to breed and stocks to recover.
We have
briefed all MPs on the parlous state of bass stocks as revealed by the
latest scientific assessments and secured an important debate in the House
of Commons on December 3rd, led by our friend and colleague George
Hollingbery MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Angling.
Sadly, the
fisheries minister George Eustice failed to deliver any sort of agreement
amongst his fellow ministers at the European Fisheries Council and the
focus now moves back to our campaign for long overdue UK domestic bass
conservation measures. Please
use the materials on our bass campaign page to keep up the pressure on your
MP to lobby for a future for British bass.
You can:
- Read our Bass Campaign web page HERE
- Watch the full debate on Parliament TV HERE
- Download the Angling Trust MP's briefing PDF HERE
- Read Mark Lloyd's blog HERE
- Read our press release HERE
- Watch Angling Trust Director Tim Macpherson on
iPlayer HERE
- Post a message to the minister on Facebook HERE
If
you were one of the hundreds who have sent emails to your MP, thank you for
your efforts but we need to keep going as George Eustice has
yet to confirm how far the government is prepared to go to end the shameful
over fishing of bass by the commercial sector.
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Awaiting Judgment in Landmark
Case
Pictured L-R: William
Rundle (Fish Legal, Head Solicitor), David Wolfe QC (Matrix Chambers), and
Penelope Gane (Fish Legal) represented Fish Legal members at court. Photo
courtesy of Clearwater Photography UK.
Fish Legal
confronted Southern Water, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water at the
Royal Courts of Justice in London, in a four day trial from 24-27 November
over public rights of access to environmental information they hold.
Fish Legal
wants secure rights for its angling members so they can find out about the
major pollution of fisheries caused annually by the Water and Sewerage
Industry. A Judgment is expected in early 2015
> Read more
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All-New Coach
Licence to Safeguard Children
We've
launched a new coach licence to drive standards and protect young people
and vulnerable adults taking part in fishing. The new licence will be
available for just £29.50 a year (£19.50 for under 22s) for coaches who
have either a UKCC Level 1 or Level 2 angling coach qualification. The new
licence also includes public liability insurance worth £59.99, along with
all the benefits of Angling Trust membership, worth £25. Tell a friend.
> Read more
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Fisheries
Enforcement Workshops: More coming in 2015
2014's
Fisheries Enforcement Workshops have given anglers a better understanding
of the law, how the system works to protect fish and fisheries and the
bigger picture of rural and wildlife crime. Organised by the Angling Trust
to present best practice information and guidance from the National
Wildlife Crime Unit, Environment Agency and Institute of Fisheries
Management, the recent workshop at Mytchett, Surrey was a great success and
all attendees left with a better understanding of the law and how the
system works to protect fish and fisheries. Look out for more workshops
coming up in 2015.
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Festive Family
Fishing
This years
Family Fishing partnership between the Angling Trust, Get Hooked on Fishing
and the Environment Agency saw hundreds of families enjoy the fun in
fishing together. Once Christmas is over why not use the remaining holiday
to follow suit by enjoying some fresh air and spending quality time
together going fishing as a family.
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Fish Legal News
More news from the Legal Team. You can read all the latest Fish Legal news HERE
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Anglers Prompt
Airport to Control Its Runway Pollution
When Southend
Airport proposed to introduce a runway 'de-icing agent' in order to
increase its winter flights, risking the pollution of local streams and a
marine Special Area of Conservation, anglers only found out about the plan
through the chance reading of a newspaper article. By making last-minute
representations in April this year against the permit about to be issued by
the EA without any controls on de-icer runoff, Prittlewell Anglers, Fish
Legal, RSPB and others have persuaded the Agency to require a full risk
assessment with the result that proper pollution control measures are now
likely.
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Competition News
Read all the latest Angling Trust Competition news HERE
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Police Sporting
Group Make Donation to Youth and Junior Sea Angling Teams
Dorset Police
recently hosted this year’s Police Sport UK sea fishing event at Weymouth
during which a fundraising raffle for good causes was held which this year
was in aid of the Team England sea fishing youth and junior teams.
> Read more
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General News and Classifieds
Events and
articles of interest from the Angling Trust and the world of fishing.
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New Wheelyboat
Trust Newsletter
The
Wheelyboat Trust is a registered charity that provides disabled anglers
with the opportunity and freedom to enjoy waters large and small all over
the UK in wheelchair accessible Wheelyboats. It’s been a very busy year for
the Trust in which it celebrated its 30th anniversary and launched a brand
new Wheelyboat model. This and all the Trust's other news can be found in
the latest issue of its newsletter Waterwheels.
> Read more
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BBC TWO
Announces Exciting New Global Fishing Competition
The Angling
Trust is helping to promote The Big Fish which is the working title for a
programme being made in 2015 by the BBC featuring amateur anglers from the
UK competing to catch fish in some of the world's best fishing
destinations.
> Read more
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Ivan Marks, the
People's Champion, Wins Again!
The late Ivan
Marks, whose passion for angling lasted over 50 years, has been voted the
peoples’ choice for the Greatest Angler in Canal and River Trust's online
poll.
Around 400
votes were cast in total with over 10,000 unique visits to the
competition's web pages. Thanks to everyone who voted.
> Read more and see the
full results of the poll
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Membership Offers
You can check out the full list of great membership benefits and offers HERE.
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Special Offer
From Selectafly
Including "Mullet Specials" from Colin Macleod
Specialist
online fly retailer Selectafly is a great supporter of the Angling Trust,
not only providing material to help us recruit new members but also
promoting our work in regular communications with their wide customer base.
With
Christmas just around the corner owners Martin and Jessica have come up
with 3 super deals available ONLY to Trust members. The quality of the
flies is great - these are genuine bargains.
- 75 Stillwater Trout Flies, Normally £35.00 - OFFER PRICE £25.00
- 25 Salmon Flies, Normally £40.00 - OFFER PRICE £30.00
- 12 Bass and Colin Macleod Mullet Specials, Normally £27.50 - OFFER PRICE £20.00
All the above
selections come in a handy pocket sized box with FREE P&P.
Call our
Trade Member Selectafly now on 01753 883366 and quote your Angling Trust
membership number to take advantage of these great deals!
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10% off Forest
Holidays
Escape to a
luxury woodland cabin with Forest Holidays and choose to stay at any of the
9 stunning locations across the UK - all exclusively set on Forestry
Commission land. You can relax in your private hot tub after a day at
one of the nearby fisheries. The perfect getaway for families,
couples and groups of friends. You can even bring the dog and stay in
a pet-friendly cabin!
> Read more
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Member
Exclusive - 100 Free SonarCharts Giveaway
Navionics, an
Angling Trust trade member and world leader in electronic charting, would
like to give Angling Trust members the first opportunity to try a Beta test
version of a new UK chart compatible with Garmin plotters.
They are
seeking active users of Garmin plotters to trial these charts and give
brief feedback about the product and, as part of their new relationship
with the Angling Trust, would like to offer the first 100 of these charts
to Trust members for FREE.
> Read more
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Cotswold
Outdoor Offer: 15% Off for Angling Trust Members
Angling Trust
members - get 15% off when you shop at any of the Cotswold Outdoor stores
throughout the UK, online at www.cotswoldoutdoor.com
or by mail order.
> Read more
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