The competition was sponsored by Healey Roofing Supplies, of Dumfries, EPS of Workington, and Broom Leisure Ltd of Annan. It was held over 7 dates during the summer at Broom Fisheries, Annan and attracted anglers from many parts of the country, including London and Falkirk. After six matches 37 anglers qualified for Sunday’s big prize […]

The UK’s top angling association CEMEX Angling is committing £10,000 per annum for a three-year period to the Fish Welfare Fund which campaigns for a safer aquatic environment. CEMEX Angling fully endorses the need to secure the future of angling through the development of a cleaner, safer, healthier aquatic and marine environment.The Fish Welfare Fund […]

Carp are showing up all over the place on our rivers as illustrated by Birmingham Angler’s Association member Ian Voss’s capture of a 26lb grass carp from the association’s water on the River Severn at Ripple. Ian was hair rigging Spam with barbel in mind after baiting up the night before with pellets and groundbait […]

Natural river features preserved by the Environment Agency saved the lives of thousands of fish along the River Thames. On 20 July 2007, more than two months rain fell in one day along some parts of the River Thames catchment and as a result some areas of the river experienced flows of more than ten […]

Movements of fish in and out of two fisheries, in Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, have been restricted following the confirmation of the serious viral fish disease, Koi Herpesvirus Disease.Defra has issued Designated Area Orders prohibiting the movement of fish to and from: „X Leigh Sinton Farm Fishery, Leigh Sinton, Lower Interfield, Nr. Malvern, Worcestershire; and„X Panshill Wood Fishery, […]

The Premier / Pure Fishing final Mallory Park Fisheries 15 September 2007One hundred and nine qualifiers fished the first final of this fantastic event.Out of over 1,200 anglers who had fished qualifying rounds at various Premier Fisheries venues around the country, 109 Anglers had a great day out at the prestigious Mallory Park Fisheries complex […]

Over recent years there has been a trend for coarse fisheries to be intensively stocked and managed in order to attract more anglers. There have been concerns over the environmental implications of such fisheries and the welfare of the fish in them. A new accreditation scheme for fisheries will address these fears.In 2003 the Institute […]

Building on 30 year’s investigative experience in the Dorset Police, an ex-Detective Superintendent currently working for Cefas (the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science) didn’t know how much his experience in the CID would be appreciated in the world of international marine enquiries.But the recent presentation of a plaque from the USA to Fish […]

A £10,000 grant from the Environment Agency is helping children with learning and behavioural difficulties in West Yorkshire. The grant awarded to Gareth Gaunt, of Sicklinghall Farm near Wetherby will support his projects with schools from across the Leeds area. Gareth works with small groups of children who are at risk of being excluded from school. The […]

More than 2,000 Scouts every year earn their Angling Badge, and this year is set to be even better as 1,500 copies of the new Scouts angling guidebook (the entire first print run!) were snapped up by Scout leaders as soon as they came off the hot presses last week. ”We didn’t anticipate this level […]

Valladolid.  August 2007.The fourth annual Eurobass Cup will be held September 25th and 26th at the reservoir of Ricobayo (Zamora).  The European team will try to achieve its first victory in a tournament which, until now, has only seen one winner:  the team of professionals from the United States.The veteran, O.T. Fears III, will captain […]

Drennan Team England team travelled to the World Angling Championships in Hungary this weekend and returned with an Individual Gold medal for Alan Scotthorne, a record 5th time.The England Star from Yorkshire has fished a number of World Championships over the years and took his international fishing career to new heights as he battled against […]

Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (National) (DEFRA) Three estuaries – the Dee, Humber and Severn – have been earmarked by the government as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) to protect vulnerable wildlife and habitats. Defra has written to the European Commission to seek SAC status for the three candidate sites, to add to the […]

Movements of fish in and out of a Kent fishery have been restricted following the confirmation of the serious viral fish disease, Koi Herpesvirus (KHV) Disease. Defra has issued a Designated Area Order prohibiting the movement of fish to and from Eureka Fisheries, Eureka Business Park, Ashford, Kent. Samples were taken from the affected fishery following reported […]

The Environment Agency is continuing its investigations into the unusually high number of carp mortalities being reported for this time of the year.“Overall, we have seen fewer carp mortalities in 2007 than in previous years. However, an unusually high number in August and September have been investigated by the Environment Agency’s Fish Health, Ageing and […]