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NEWS
Coarse Fishing River Season Gets Going
Despite mixed conditions on most rivers we hope that some of you managed to get out on the "Glorious 16th". Angling Trust Ambassador Dave Harrell got off to a flying start on the River Wye near Hereford and said "Conditions were far from perfect but me and a couple of guests had their first ever visit to a river and on one day the end result was 24 chub up to 5lb with some lovely barbel including this fin and scale perfect 9lb fish". The Angling Trust recently secured an extra £100m from the Government to protect our rivers as a result of a legal challenge over the EA response to the Water Framework Directive and we urge you to get out there and enjoy these wild venues and their variety of fish species and wildlife.
We Can Help Our Rivers Recover!
We can make our rivers and fisheries better was the upbeat message at the successful 'Improving Coarse Fish Stocks in Rivers' conference organised jointly by the Angling Trust and The Rivers Trust, at Barston Lakes near Solihull. Read more on our website HERE.
Call for Cormorants and Goosanders to be added to the General Licence
The Angling Trust and ten other angling, fisheries, shooting and countryside organisations have joined forces to call for cormorants and goosanders to be added to the General Licence as part of a National Management Plan because of the damage they are doing to fish stocks on rivers and lakes. Read more on our website HERE.
Pilots Are Flying
The Angling Trust’s plan to provide clear pathways for young anglers to compete at international level took a step forwards when 20 coaches recruited to manage this talent programme met for a two-day workshop at Loughborough University. Read more on our website HERE.
Martin James Appointed MBE
Angling Trust Ambassador, BBC Radio Lancashire presenter and angling author Martin James has been appointed MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for voluntary service to angling, conservation and to charity. A very well deserved "congratulations" to Martin!
Challenge to the NFU
The Angling Trust and the Salmon & Trout Association wrote to the National Farmers Union (NFU) demanding a retraction of their false claims that 73% of rivers are in good condition and that agriculture is responsible for reductions in gross pollution since the 1990s. This yielded a letter in the Telegraph. Read the full details of our challenge to the NFU on our website HERE.
Invitation: 'Barbel Open Day' on 29th September
All Fishery Owners, Angling Clubs, Fisheries Managers, Consultatives and other interested parties are invited to attend a 'Barbel Open Day'. Full details on our website HERE.
Get 10% Off When You Go Fishing
We now have nearly 100 Angling Trust "Fishery" members including: Moorlands Farm Coarse Fisheries, Gold Valley Lakes, Sonu Baits Passies Ponds, Wasing Fisheries, Esthwaite Water Trout Fishery, Angel of The North Fishing Lakes, Garbolino Lindholme Lakes and Packington Fisheries. Over 50 of the fisheries (including those listed above) offer Angling Trust members a 10% discount on the cost of day or season tickets. Please encourage your local fishery to join us too so that you can get a cheaper day ticket there. The fishery just needs to call or email Nick Simmonds on 01568 620 447 or nick.simmonds@anglingtrust.net or return a completed fishery joining form which is available HERE.
LEGAL NEWS
Fish Legal Await Ports Authority Response Over angling Access To Mersey
Fish Legal is helping the Port of Liverpool Sea Angling federation (POLSAF) in a dispute over payment demanded by the Ports Authority to access a stretch of the Alexander Dock wall. We are still waiting for a response from the Authority and will be investigating the legality of demanding payment for access even though the public right of fishing is believed to be along the entire tidal limit of the Mersey.
Job Vacancy: Head Solicitor - Fish Legal
Full time position available to lead the legal department at Fish Legal across UK-wide jurisdictions and work with the Chief Executive as part of the senior management team of the Angling Trust and Fish Legal. The full job description and application forms are available on our website HERE.
COMPETITION NEWS
A selection of competitions news stories. Read more coarse, sea and game competition news on our website HERE. For any competitions enquiries please contact our Competitions Manager Sandra Drew at sandra.drew@anglingtrust.net
Tubertini (UK) Ltd Sponsor the England World Boat Team
The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that it has signed a three year deal with the Italian manufacturer, Tubertini (UK) Ltd to sponsor the Angling Trust England World Boat Team. Read more on our website HERE.
England Ladies New Chair
Janice Sharp from Surrey is the new chair of the England Lady Fly Fishers, appointed by the unanimous decision of the committee, taking over from Sue Shaw. Read more on our website HERE.
England International Mark Eves Wins Gold
Twenty anglers travelled nationwide to Aldershot in North Hampshire to fish the Angling Trust Anglers with Disabilities National Championship at Gold Valley on Saturday 23rd June 2012. Read more on our website HERE.
JUNE SEA ANGLING UPDATE
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Angling Trust News Julu 2012
by Mark » Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:25 am
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Re: Angling Trust News Julu 2012
by Mark » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:40 am
3rd July 2012
Chance for Youngsters to Fish for England
The Angling Trust’s 2012 Talent Pathway programme will be open for applications from the 2nd to the 20th of July, providing a chance for talented young anglers to trial for the national junior angling teams in all three disciplines: coarse, sea and game.
The Talent Pathway provides young anglers between the ages of 13 and 18 years with the chance to improve their skills and be selected to take part in competitive and training events. The programme culminates with the most talented anglers being offered a chance to trial for the England youth teams and be selected to fish for England. The scheme helps the Angling Trust to develop stronger teams to represent England in all international competitions.
The Talent Pathway is supported by Sport England and was successfully piloted during 2011 in the North East, North West and West Midlands regions. A total of 162 anglers entered the programme of which 62 anglers were chosen to represent their respective region in a series of coaching sessions and matches. In June 2012 one coarse angler and 6 game anglers were invited into the national selection qualifiers, from which one game angler Thomas Adamson was selected to fish for England in the 2013 Home Internationals.
The success of the new programme is evident and the 2012 Talent Pathway has been expanded to run in eight regions throughout England, in coarse, game and sea angling. The Talent Pathway events start in August 2012 and a team of 28 talented coaches has been recruited to select and develop youngsters with talent.
Jackie Sheldon, Head of Participation and Performance said “ the 2011 pilot programme highlighted the high standard of talented young anglers involved in the sport. We are delighted with the success of the pilot programmes and commend all those involved in the Talent Pathway”.
Ben Thompson Angling Trust Lead Officer for Talent commented “ the 2012 Talent Pathway provides exciting opportunities for more young anglers to develop their skills further and to have a chance to be selected into the England Youth teams. The pilot programme demonstrated that with the right support and guidance, anglers with the desire and commitment can achieve their goals, and now the programme has been expanded to all regions, lots more youngsters can get involved and benefit from expert coaching.”
The Angling Trust is inviting applications from anglers from the 2nd July and the closing date for the receipt of completed application forms is 20 July 2012.
There is a small entry fee of £10 for each event and all participants must be individual members of Angling Trust at the time of taking part in the events. Angling Trust membership is FREE for anyone under 18 years of age. Angling Trust membership is available online at www.anglingtrust.net.
Further details of these programmes and entry forms can be found at www.anglingtrust.net and visit the Development page
NOTES TO EDITOR
The Angling Trust is the National Governing Body for angling in England and represents all coarse, game and sea anglers and angling.
The Angling Trust development programme is supported by Sport England and the Environment Agency. Working with key partners, the Angling Trust aims to establish an infrastructure to develop the sport of angling within England. This includes working alongside national, regional and local angling and non-angling organisations.
For further information contact:
Ben Thompson 07854240177 ben.thompson@anglingtrust.net
Angling Trust - North East www.anglingtrust.net
Chance for Youngsters to Fish for England
The Angling Trust’s 2012 Talent Pathway programme will be open for applications from the 2nd to the 20th of July, providing a chance for talented young anglers to trial for the national junior angling teams in all three disciplines: coarse, sea and game.
The Talent Pathway provides young anglers between the ages of 13 and 18 years with the chance to improve their skills and be selected to take part in competitive and training events. The programme culminates with the most talented anglers being offered a chance to trial for the England youth teams and be selected to fish for England. The scheme helps the Angling Trust to develop stronger teams to represent England in all international competitions.
The Talent Pathway is supported by Sport England and was successfully piloted during 2011 in the North East, North West and West Midlands regions. A total of 162 anglers entered the programme of which 62 anglers were chosen to represent their respective region in a series of coaching sessions and matches. In June 2012 one coarse angler and 6 game anglers were invited into the national selection qualifiers, from which one game angler Thomas Adamson was selected to fish for England in the 2013 Home Internationals.
The success of the new programme is evident and the 2012 Talent Pathway has been expanded to run in eight regions throughout England, in coarse, game and sea angling. The Talent Pathway events start in August 2012 and a team of 28 talented coaches has been recruited to select and develop youngsters with talent.
Jackie Sheldon, Head of Participation and Performance said “ the 2011 pilot programme highlighted the high standard of talented young anglers involved in the sport. We are delighted with the success of the pilot programmes and commend all those involved in the Talent Pathway”.
Ben Thompson Angling Trust Lead Officer for Talent commented “ the 2012 Talent Pathway provides exciting opportunities for more young anglers to develop their skills further and to have a chance to be selected into the England Youth teams. The pilot programme demonstrated that with the right support and guidance, anglers with the desire and commitment can achieve their goals, and now the programme has been expanded to all regions, lots more youngsters can get involved and benefit from expert coaching.”
The Angling Trust is inviting applications from anglers from the 2nd July and the closing date for the receipt of completed application forms is 20 July 2012.
There is a small entry fee of £10 for each event and all participants must be individual members of Angling Trust at the time of taking part in the events. Angling Trust membership is FREE for anyone under 18 years of age. Angling Trust membership is available online at www.anglingtrust.net.
Further details of these programmes and entry forms can be found at www.anglingtrust.net and visit the Development page
NOTES TO EDITOR
The Angling Trust is the National Governing Body for angling in England and represents all coarse, game and sea anglers and angling.
The Angling Trust development programme is supported by Sport England and the Environment Agency. Working with key partners, the Angling Trust aims to establish an infrastructure to develop the sport of angling within England. This includes working alongside national, regional and local angling and non-angling organisations.
For further information contact:
Ben Thompson 07854240177 ben.thompson@anglingtrust.net
Angling Trust - North East www.anglingtrust.net
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Re: Angling Trust News Julu 2012
by Mark » Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:41 pm
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Tuesday 7th July 2012
Bass Minimum Landing Size
Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society & The Angling Trust
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Let Our Bass Breed
Last week representatives from the Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society joined MPs from the All Party Parliamentary Angling Group in an Angling Trust organised delegation to Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon to press the case for sustainable size limits for bass in order to allow the fish to breed at least once and for stocks to replenish.
UK bass stocks at many locations are showing an alarming decline with recent poor recruitment years and over fishing of juvenile fish which are harvested well before they have had an opportunity to breed.
The previous government failed to deliver on a commitment to introduce a sustainable bass management plan including raising the allowable minimum landing size for all forms of bass fishing from the current 36cms to a point above the minimum spawning size of 42cms. This is in marked contrast to neighbouring jurisdictions such as Isle of Man, Southern Ireland, Northern Ireland and France who have either already adopted or are actively considering increased minimum landing sizes.
The delegation outside Defra offices London.
The Angling Trust delegation included National Campaign Coordinator Martin Salter, Ian Misslebrook and Nigel Horsman from the Bass Anglers Sportsfishing Society and John Quinlan, Chairman of the Irish Bass Protection Group. They were accompanied by Charles Walker MP and George Hollingbery MP, chairman and vice-chairman of the APPG on Angling. The group presented Mr Benyon with their paper 'Bass Stock Management and the minimum landing size'.
Nigel Horsman (left) and Martin Salter (right) present
Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon with the proposals
The paper argues for a new minimum landing size of 48cms to allow for the maximum number of fish to successfully breed before running the risk of harvesting. At this size a corresponding increase in net mesh sizes would reduce discard levels.
In support of the need for urgent action from the government the group produced the latest official Solent Bass Survey figures which shows worryingly low recruitment indices (survival of young bass) for 2008 & 2009 and with the last significant recruitment occurring as far back as 1997, the few remaining survivors of this year class are now over 10lb and at the peak of their breeding capacity - but there are few spawning years which have produced fish of this quality to ensure a healthy stock into the future.
Mr Benyon was told of the collapse in Irish bass stocks in the late 1980's and how the introduction of a statutory close season, a two fish bag limit and a minimum landing size has allowed stocks to recover to the point where the recreational bass fishery is now worth over €18 million to the Irish economy.
Recreational Bass Angling
Government estimates put the number of sea anglers in Britain at least 771,750 with corresponding annual expenditure ranging from £679m to £1billion.
Defra's report - Charting Progress 2 states:
"The most popular sea angling species to target is bass, with nearly half of all sea anglers choosing this as their main target species. The value of the bass sport fishery in 2004 is estimated to be in excess of £100m p.a., despite severely depleted stocks of larger bass".
This indicates the number of "bass anglers"is in excess of 300,000.
The Bass anglers Sportsfishing Society has a policy aimed at 'Achieving More and Bigger Bass' for both recreational and commercial fishing interests.
Nigel Horsman from BASS commented:
"Whilst the economic case for making this change is clear and undeniable, it is more important that we do this for the bass themselves.
Harvesting fish before they have had a chance to breed would normally be considered at least unwise, but with bass stocks severely depleted due to overfishing and poor recruitment over many years, made much worse by recent cold winters killing off baby bass in their inshore nursery areas, carrying on doing that via the current MLS is utter madness.
We must raise the MLS so the fish have at least one chance to breed before it is too late."
Martin Salter from the Angling Trust said:
"Preventing the exploitation of bass until they have had at least one chance to spawn and replace themselves in the stocks not only passes the common sense test, but also meets with good sustainable fishery management practice.
The Angling Trust supports increasing the minimum landing size to 48cm in order to start to increase stock numbers and average sizes, which have fallen alarmingly in recent years."
George Hollingbery MP and Vice Chairman of the APPG on Angling added:
"A move to a 48cm minimum landing size for bass makes all the sense in the world. We cannot hope to continue exploiting the population in a way that removes fish from the system before they have had a chance to breed.
It has taken Ireland 20 years to begin to recover from disastrous over-exploitation. We have the chance to do something before we reach that stage and for the sake of commercial fishermen, recreational anglers and the economies of some of the most marginal areas of the country, we have to do it now."
ENDS
More info and high resolution images from:
Martin Salter tel: 07976946033
Nigel Horsman tel: 07749847394
www.anglingtrust.net
www.ukbass.com
Notes to Editors
Biology
Female bass do not become sexually mature in UK waters until at least 42cm in length (source: Sea Bass: Biology, exploitation and conservation, by Picket and Pawson. This is the definitive text on the subject produced by the leading Cefas bass experts).
At that size and age (6 to 7 years), bass grow at about 6 cm per year.
The current minimum landing size of 36cm was set in 1989, despite the maximum yield to the UK bass fishery occurring at an MLS of 50cm (MAFF lab leaflet 59, Pickett and Pawson).
It takes 2 to 3 years for the bass to grow from 36cm to 48cm.
Breeding
Very young bass live in inshore bass "nursery areas", where they are protected and can be studied. Latest sampling (by Cefas) indicates very poor breeding success over recent years, consistent with the poor weather (cold winters) we have experienced.
The result is a paucity of young bass to join the adult bass population and fishery over the next few years.
The Commercial Bass Catch
First sale value of UK commercial landings £5m p.a.
Split - 40% gillnets, 30% commercial rod and line (both these being predominantly small, inshore artisanal boats), 20% targeted bass otter trawls, 10% pair trawling (source: MMO).
Less than 400 vessels in England land more than £2000 of bass p.a. (source:Cefas)
A 48cm bass weighs twice as much as a 36cm bass (1.1kg vs 0.5kg) and sells for more £'s per kg
Tuesday 7th July 2012
Bass Minimum Landing Size
Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society & The Angling Trust
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Let Our Bass Breed
Last week representatives from the Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society joined MPs from the All Party Parliamentary Angling Group in an Angling Trust organised delegation to Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon to press the case for sustainable size limits for bass in order to allow the fish to breed at least once and for stocks to replenish.
UK bass stocks at many locations are showing an alarming decline with recent poor recruitment years and over fishing of juvenile fish which are harvested well before they have had an opportunity to breed.
The previous government failed to deliver on a commitment to introduce a sustainable bass management plan including raising the allowable minimum landing size for all forms of bass fishing from the current 36cms to a point above the minimum spawning size of 42cms. This is in marked contrast to neighbouring jurisdictions such as Isle of Man, Southern Ireland, Northern Ireland and France who have either already adopted or are actively considering increased minimum landing sizes.
The delegation outside Defra offices London.
The Angling Trust delegation included National Campaign Coordinator Martin Salter, Ian Misslebrook and Nigel Horsman from the Bass Anglers Sportsfishing Society and John Quinlan, Chairman of the Irish Bass Protection Group. They were accompanied by Charles Walker MP and George Hollingbery MP, chairman and vice-chairman of the APPG on Angling. The group presented Mr Benyon with their paper 'Bass Stock Management and the minimum landing size'.
Nigel Horsman (left) and Martin Salter (right) present
Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon with the proposals
The paper argues for a new minimum landing size of 48cms to allow for the maximum number of fish to successfully breed before running the risk of harvesting. At this size a corresponding increase in net mesh sizes would reduce discard levels.
In support of the need for urgent action from the government the group produced the latest official Solent Bass Survey figures which shows worryingly low recruitment indices (survival of young bass) for 2008 & 2009 and with the last significant recruitment occurring as far back as 1997, the few remaining survivors of this year class are now over 10lb and at the peak of their breeding capacity - but there are few spawning years which have produced fish of this quality to ensure a healthy stock into the future.
Mr Benyon was told of the collapse in Irish bass stocks in the late 1980's and how the introduction of a statutory close season, a two fish bag limit and a minimum landing size has allowed stocks to recover to the point where the recreational bass fishery is now worth over €18 million to the Irish economy.
Recreational Bass Angling
Government estimates put the number of sea anglers in Britain at least 771,750 with corresponding annual expenditure ranging from £679m to £1billion.
Defra's report - Charting Progress 2 states:
"The most popular sea angling species to target is bass, with nearly half of all sea anglers choosing this as their main target species. The value of the bass sport fishery in 2004 is estimated to be in excess of £100m p.a., despite severely depleted stocks of larger bass".
This indicates the number of "bass anglers"is in excess of 300,000.
The Bass anglers Sportsfishing Society has a policy aimed at 'Achieving More and Bigger Bass' for both recreational and commercial fishing interests.
Nigel Horsman from BASS commented:
"Whilst the economic case for making this change is clear and undeniable, it is more important that we do this for the bass themselves.
Harvesting fish before they have had a chance to breed would normally be considered at least unwise, but with bass stocks severely depleted due to overfishing and poor recruitment over many years, made much worse by recent cold winters killing off baby bass in their inshore nursery areas, carrying on doing that via the current MLS is utter madness.
We must raise the MLS so the fish have at least one chance to breed before it is too late."
Martin Salter from the Angling Trust said:
"Preventing the exploitation of bass until they have had at least one chance to spawn and replace themselves in the stocks not only passes the common sense test, but also meets with good sustainable fishery management practice.
The Angling Trust supports increasing the minimum landing size to 48cm in order to start to increase stock numbers and average sizes, which have fallen alarmingly in recent years."
George Hollingbery MP and Vice Chairman of the APPG on Angling added:
"A move to a 48cm minimum landing size for bass makes all the sense in the world. We cannot hope to continue exploiting the population in a way that removes fish from the system before they have had a chance to breed.
It has taken Ireland 20 years to begin to recover from disastrous over-exploitation. We have the chance to do something before we reach that stage and for the sake of commercial fishermen, recreational anglers and the economies of some of the most marginal areas of the country, we have to do it now."
ENDS
More info and high resolution images from:
Martin Salter tel: 07976946033
Nigel Horsman tel: 07749847394
www.anglingtrust.net
www.ukbass.com
Notes to Editors
Biology
Female bass do not become sexually mature in UK waters until at least 42cm in length (source: Sea Bass: Biology, exploitation and conservation, by Picket and Pawson. This is the definitive text on the subject produced by the leading Cefas bass experts).
At that size and age (6 to 7 years), bass grow at about 6 cm per year.
The current minimum landing size of 36cm was set in 1989, despite the maximum yield to the UK bass fishery occurring at an MLS of 50cm (MAFF lab leaflet 59, Pickett and Pawson).
It takes 2 to 3 years for the bass to grow from 36cm to 48cm.
Breeding
Very young bass live in inshore bass "nursery areas", where they are protected and can be studied. Latest sampling (by Cefas) indicates very poor breeding success over recent years, consistent with the poor weather (cold winters) we have experienced.
The result is a paucity of young bass to join the adult bass population and fishery over the next few years.
The Commercial Bass Catch
First sale value of UK commercial landings £5m p.a.
Split - 40% gillnets, 30% commercial rod and line (both these being predominantly small, inshore artisanal boats), 20% targeted bass otter trawls, 10% pair trawling (source: MMO).
Less than 400 vessels in England land more than £2000 of bass p.a. (source:Cefas)
A 48cm bass weighs twice as much as a 36cm bass (1.1kg vs 0.5kg) and sells for more £'s per kg
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Re: Angling Trust News Julu 2012
by Mark » Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:35 pm
Tuesday 10th July 2012
Swans and Lead Poisoning:
Statement from the Angling Trust
Angling Trust News
BBC Midlands Today broadcast a news item about swans being poisoned by lead on the River Severn today, which included an interview with Jan Harrigan, who is a well-known campaigner against angling. The piece included reference to lead poisoning from split shot.
The Angling Trust found out about this story third hand at 10pm last night and we immediately sent a statement to the programme informing them that there is no evidence linking alleged lead poisoning of swans with lead shot, which was banned more than 20 years ago. A far more likely culprit is the lead flashing on the bridges on the Severn which has been found in large quantities on the riverbed in this area. The BBC had arranged to speak to a local angler, but he wisely withdrew from the interview this morning. The Angling Trust statement was only partially referred to on the programme.
We have spoken to the programme producers today to express our dismay at the misrepresentation of angling. They have agreed to edit the evening programme to ensure that our statement is included along with a statement from the Environment Agency confirming our position. We offered a spokesman this afternoon, but no BBC cameramen were available to interview us.
The implications of this broadcast are potentially very serious for angling and it is very frustrating that this story has been shown, given that there is no scientific data to back up the claims being made by the anti-angling campaigners. The Angling Trust has made great progress in the past year working closely with the National Swan Convention and the RSPCA to tackle issues of angling litter (line and hooks) affecting swans.
Anyone who wishes to contact the programme to let them know that anglers are not the cause of this alleged problem, and that we are in fact responsible for reporting the vast majority of pollution incidents and carrying out hundreds of thousands of volunteer-hours of environmental improvement work each year, should e-mail midlandstoday@bbc.co.uk
Issues such as this demonstrate the importance of having a strong voice for angling. Please spread the word.
CONTACT:
Midlands Today
midlandstoday@bbc.co.uk
Angling Trust
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Swans and Lead Poisoning:
Statement from the Angling Trust
Angling Trust News
BBC Midlands Today broadcast a news item about swans being poisoned by lead on the River Severn today, which included an interview with Jan Harrigan, who is a well-known campaigner against angling. The piece included reference to lead poisoning from split shot.
The Angling Trust found out about this story third hand at 10pm last night and we immediately sent a statement to the programme informing them that there is no evidence linking alleged lead poisoning of swans with lead shot, which was banned more than 20 years ago. A far more likely culprit is the lead flashing on the bridges on the Severn which has been found in large quantities on the riverbed in this area. The BBC had arranged to speak to a local angler, but he wisely withdrew from the interview this morning. The Angling Trust statement was only partially referred to on the programme.
We have spoken to the programme producers today to express our dismay at the misrepresentation of angling. They have agreed to edit the evening programme to ensure that our statement is included along with a statement from the Environment Agency confirming our position. We offered a spokesman this afternoon, but no BBC cameramen were available to interview us.
The implications of this broadcast are potentially very serious for angling and it is very frustrating that this story has been shown, given that there is no scientific data to back up the claims being made by the anti-angling campaigners. The Angling Trust has made great progress in the past year working closely with the National Swan Convention and the RSPCA to tackle issues of angling litter (line and hooks) affecting swans.
Anyone who wishes to contact the programme to let them know that anglers are not the cause of this alleged problem, and that we are in fact responsible for reporting the vast majority of pollution incidents and carrying out hundreds of thousands of volunteer-hours of environmental improvement work each year, should e-mail midlandstoday@bbc.co.uk
Issues such as this demonstrate the importance of having a strong voice for angling. Please spread the word.
CONTACT:
Midlands Today
midlandstoday@bbc.co.uk
Angling Trust
admin@anglingtrust.net
To forward this email on to a friend or colleague click HERE.
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Re: Angling Trust News Julu 2012
by Mark » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:01 pm
Monday 30 July 2012 Angling Trust, the voice of angling
Angling Trust welcomes new Parliamentary Chairman of Angling Group
The Angling Trust has this week welcomed the election of the new Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Angling Group, the Conservative MP for Meon Valley in Hampshire and lifelong angler, George Hollingbery.
The APPG on Angling was established in 2005 by the former Reading West Labour MP and Tony Blair's parliamentary angling spokesman, Martin Salter. He was succeeded on his retirement from the Commons in 2010 by Charles Walker, his friend and the Conservative MP for Broxbourne. The Group brings together MPs and Lords with an interest in angling and fisheries and lobbies ministers on issues of concern to anglers. It also organises visits to various fisheries to find out what is going on at the waters edge.
George Hollingbery is a keen flyfisher with some impressive trout, salmon and seatrout to his name. He has developed a love for saltwater flyfishing and has had several large bonefish and tarpon. He recently spent a day river coarse fishing with the Angling Trust's Martin Salter and quickly developed a liking for trotting for chub and grayling.
George Hollingbery said:
" I've been a passionate angler since I was old enough to hold a fishing rod and have been very fortunate to have experienced some wonderful fishing in both the UK and overseas. There are huge pressures on our fisheries and fish stocks and I believe that it is important that anglers have a serious voice in Parliament. I'm delighted to be following in the footsteps of my friends and fellow anglers Martin Salter and Charles Walker as the new chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Angling."
Martin Salter added:
" Until Charles Walker arrived in the Commons in 2005 it wasn't really possible to get a broad based angling group up and running. Now we have some serious game, sea and coarse anglers in the Commons on both sides of the chamber. Thanks to the sterling work done by Charles the APPG on Angling has gone from strength to strength and I'm particularly pleased that a serious political operator like George has agreed to take over the reins. I've fished with George in both Hampshire and Scotland and he is not only an extremely competent angler but is as keen as mustard. He is like Charles Walker and myself - angling is in his blood and he cares passionately about our waters and the wildlife they contain."
Angling Trust Chief Executive Mark Lloyd added:
" We would like to thank Charles Walker for all he has done to raise the profile of angling in the Commons and for building interest in the group amongst MPs. The Angling Trust values its close working relationship with both MPs and ministers and we feel that George Hollingbery is going to be an excellent voice for our sport in the corridors of power."
Angling Trust welcomes new Parliamentary Chairman of Angling Group
The Angling Trust has this week welcomed the election of the new Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Angling Group, the Conservative MP for Meon Valley in Hampshire and lifelong angler, George Hollingbery.
The APPG on Angling was established in 2005 by the former Reading West Labour MP and Tony Blair's parliamentary angling spokesman, Martin Salter. He was succeeded on his retirement from the Commons in 2010 by Charles Walker, his friend and the Conservative MP for Broxbourne. The Group brings together MPs and Lords with an interest in angling and fisheries and lobbies ministers on issues of concern to anglers. It also organises visits to various fisheries to find out what is going on at the waters edge.
George Hollingbery is a keen flyfisher with some impressive trout, salmon and seatrout to his name. He has developed a love for saltwater flyfishing and has had several large bonefish and tarpon. He recently spent a day river coarse fishing with the Angling Trust's Martin Salter and quickly developed a liking for trotting for chub and grayling.
George Hollingbery said:
" I've been a passionate angler since I was old enough to hold a fishing rod and have been very fortunate to have experienced some wonderful fishing in both the UK and overseas. There are huge pressures on our fisheries and fish stocks and I believe that it is important that anglers have a serious voice in Parliament. I'm delighted to be following in the footsteps of my friends and fellow anglers Martin Salter and Charles Walker as the new chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Angling."
Martin Salter added:
" Until Charles Walker arrived in the Commons in 2005 it wasn't really possible to get a broad based angling group up and running. Now we have some serious game, sea and coarse anglers in the Commons on both sides of the chamber. Thanks to the sterling work done by Charles the APPG on Angling has gone from strength to strength and I'm particularly pleased that a serious political operator like George has agreed to take over the reins. I've fished with George in both Hampshire and Scotland and he is not only an extremely competent angler but is as keen as mustard. He is like Charles Walker and myself - angling is in his blood and he cares passionately about our waters and the wildlife they contain."
Angling Trust Chief Executive Mark Lloyd added:
" We would like to thank Charles Walker for all he has done to raise the profile of angling in the Commons and for building interest in the group amongst MPs. The Angling Trust values its close working relationship with both MPs and ministers and we feel that George Hollingbery is going to be an excellent voice for our sport in the corridors of power."
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