Ken Aske has retired from the position of Vice President of the Birmingham Anglers Association and from all further involvement with the Association. The Aske family has a long tradition of involvement with the BAA and Ken himself has participated in one form or another for over 30 years. Ken’s father served on the BAA […]

The BBC is breaking with apparent tradition by preparing to launch a brand new fishing show, thought to be called The Big Fish*. Programme planners at the British Broadcasting Corporation are thought to have been very much against angling for many years. However, in the planned series UK anglers will be challenged to test their skills in […]

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 […]

Fish Legal will confront 3 Water and Sewerage companies at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, for a 4 day trial from 24 – 27 November 2014 that will have industry-wide implications, to argue that the public should have a right under ‘freedom of information law’ to know about the companies’ activities that affect the […]

Internet giant Google has launched an online tracking tool designed to protect world fish stocks by tracking illegal fishing boats. Vessels plying the oceans with nets that can be as big as a football pitch plunder 26m tonnes of fish each year, scientists estimate depleting fisheries and revenues in countries often too poor to deal with […]

 Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has just published three research reports on pike in Irish waters. The Diet of Pike in Irish Watercourses aims to elucidate the variation in the diet of Irish pike between river, lake and canal habitats, and to quantify niche size and dietary specialisation and attempt to identify the timing of the switch […]