Written By: Carmel Jorgensen
On Date: 6/5/2004
The Angling Unity Group members approve in principle the formation of a new organisation to represent angling and fisheries interests in England and Wales. The recommendation will now be considered by the Angling Unity Group member organisations.
The new organisation would encompass the activities currently undertaken by the Moran Committee, the National Angling Alliance and the Joint Angling Governing Bodies Group. This development aims to strengthen the role each organisation has been fulfilling.
The proposed activities of the new organisation are to include represent and lobby on freshwater and marine fisheries issues, and promote coordinated thinking within Government, public bodies, and other relevant interests about fisheries from an ecological perspective.
Jim Glasspool, who has chaired the meetings of the Angling Unity Group comments:
"The Group has made tremendous progress and reached agreement on the form of the new organisation. There is a determination to make the new organisation work and achieve a better unified representation of all angling and fisheries interests at a national level. It will not in any way duplicate all the efforts of the individual organisations, but will provide an organisation and forum for discussing those issues which can best be addressed by acting together."
Members of the Angling organisations involved will be discussing the proposal with their members, and the Unity Group will meet again on 15th July to consider the comments from the member organisations and to decide on the setting up of the new organisation.
For further information and general press enquiries, please contact:
Carmel Jorgensen Tel: 020 7283 5838 or Email: carmel@salmon-trout.org
The Moran Committee
Chaired by Lord Moran, the Moran Committee is the united voice for all the main fisheries and angling organisations in England and Wales, and aims to reach consensus views on fisheries issues.
Members: Anglers’ Conservation Association, Angling Trades Association, Association of Stillwater Game Fishery Managers, Atlantic Salmon Trust, Commercial Coarse Fisheries Association, Institute of Fisheries management, National Association of Angling and Fisheries Consultatives, National Federation of Anglers, National Federation of Sea Anglers, Salmon & Trout Association, Specialist Anglers’ Alliance, Welsh Federation of Coarse Anglers Ltd, Welsh Salmon and Trout Association.
The National Angling Alliance
NAA seeks to promote and defend angling
Members: National Federation of Anglers, National Federation of Sea Anglers, Salmon & Trout Association, Angling Trades Association, National Association of Angling and Fisheries Consultatives, Specialist Anglers’ Alliance.
Joint Angling Governing Bodies Members
JAGB promotes development and coach licensing within angling, in partnership with Sport England and as part of the National Angling Development Plan
Members: National Federation of Anglers, National Federation of Sea Anglers, Salmon & Trout Association
New National Angling & Fisheries Organisation Approved in Principle