Written By: Mark Lyod
On Date: 21/6/2018
The Angling Trust has been taking its campaigns for restoring fish stocks right to the top over the past month, with a series of high profile events involving numerous MPs, the Environment Minister, the Secretary of State for the Environment and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The Trust had an opportunity to remind Prince Charles, a fellow angler, of the importance of engaging anglers in campaigns to improve our rivers when he spoke at a catchment management summit in Moreton-in-Marsh recently. We also presented a copy of our highly-acclaimed Saving the Earth report to Secretary of State Michael Gove when he visited an exemplary farm in Herefordshire.
Clubs and fisheries - apply now for share of £300,000
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. 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 canals.
More info and application deadline
Get snapping! Win £100 tackle voucher in our Catch a Crucian competition
Volunteer bailiff appointed to Building Bridges team
Top anglers share favourite venues for new river season
23 Excellence Awards presented to volunteers
Update on campaign to control cormorants
Thank you to everyone who reported sightings of cormorants and goosanders for our second Cormorant Watch initiative, which recently came to an end. This has provided us with useful information about the distribution of birds over the past winter and we’ll be using this information to press for more improvements in the management of fish eating birds in England and Wales. Read our campaign update
Two go off to fish ... don't miss it!
Angling Trust Ambassador Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer will be fishing, and discussing life, the universe and everything else together on BBC2 at 10pm every Wednesday for the next six weeks in what looks like a great advert for angling. The Angling Trust is helping the BBC promote the programme, and the benefits of angling, with a series of local radio interviews on Monday morning. More information
News from Fish Legal
Fish Legal threaten action over failure to protect wrasse
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 they are used as 'cleaner fish' to try and reduce the plague of sea lice which has infested fish in open-water cages. Read more
Let's Get Fishing
Over 300 angling events this summer - find one near you!
Get Fishing, our national campaign to get more people to give fishing a go, now has over 300 fun, safe and friendly angling events across England. We’ve been busy working with clubs, coaches and fisheries to offer hundreds of Family Fishing sessions to people of all ages and abilities, and along with events delivered in partnership with Get Hooked on Fishing, National Fishing Month and Canal & River Trust there will be almost daily opportunities to discover fishing this year. Find an event
Get involved with World Fishing Day on June 23
We’ve joined up with World Fishing Day to help angling clubs and fisheries run their own World Fishing Day events on Saturday, June 23rd. Please encourage your club or fishery to join in this huge celebration of fishing, introduce newcomers to angling and become part of the publicity surrounding the day.
How to get involved
Competition News
Wychwood to sponsor TEFF
Tackle firm Wychwood have been announced as Official Supplier to Angling Trust's Team England Fly Fishing’s European Team. Wychwood, based in Milton Keynes, will be supporting the team with a variety of clothing and accessories. The team recently competed in the 24th FIPS-Mouche European Championships in the Czech Republic, finishing 11th overall. Read more
Makins to host Schools National
England's lionesses roar again!
Speak Up on climate change
Climate change affects all anglers. Warming sea temperatures are a factor in the decline in Atlantic salmon and the likely increases in drought incidents puts further pressure on river systems. Next month, the Climate Coalition is calling on people from all over the UK to join their Speak Up Week to show MPs how climate change is affecting everyday lives.
Find out how you can get involved
Looking for somewhere new to go fishing? Fishinginfo.co.uk lists thousands of venues for coarse and game anglers as well as all the essential information to get the most out of your fishing. You can search for tackle shops, clubs, river levels, coaches, ticket info - and much more! Find Fishinginfo
Not yet a member? Join the Angling Trust today for £29 and get a Fishing Megastore voucher worth £29!
The Angling Trust has a great offer for new members - join today and we'll give you a £29 voucher to spend at Fishing Megastore, the online tackle and clothing store of Glasgow Angling Centre. The offer is available to all adult and senior citizen members of the Angling Trust and Fish Legal who make an annual subscription payment and who have not held a valid membership in the past two years. Remember ... by becoming a member you help fund our work to promote angling and its future, to fight for better fish stocks in marine and freshwater environments and to campaign against threats to angling. If you're already a member, why not forward to a friend or family member?
The Angling Trust is the united national representative body for all angling in England and Wales. It is united in a collaborative relationship with Fish Legal, a separate membership association that uses the law to protect fish stocks and the rights of its members throughout the UK. Joint membership packages with Fish Legal are available for individuals, clubs, fisheries, riparian owners and other categories. Please find out more.
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Royal boost for our campaigns to improve rivers