If you bought someone aged 12 years old or over a fishing rod for Christmas, make sure they have a valid rod licence before they try it out. The reminder comes as nearly 300 anglers were prosecuted by the Environment Agency in December, resulting in more than £44,000 in fines and costs.    “Fishing for salmon, […]

Environment Agency officers will be releasing thousands of fish into the River Don to restore stocks killed in a freak pollution incident last July. Around 10,000 fish including roach, bream and dace will be brought from the Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm at Nottingham and released at locations in Kilnhurst, Conisborough, and Thrybergh as well as […]

The Environment Agency has prosecuted Watson Dairies for the third time since 2002. The latest offence was a diesel leak from Hawksnest Farm into a tributary of the River Meon in Hampshire. In their third water quality pollution offence, Watson Dairies Limited appeared before Fareham Magistrates on Wednesday 3 January 2007 and pleaded guilty to the […]

2006 has been a record year for the ACA.  Its most important achievement as been to recover £141,238 in damages for its member clubs, fishery and river owners in 18 separate legal cases.  We also provided free expert advice on angling law to more than 100 angling clubs.   This is the best performance for at […]

The Environment Agency Midlands Region has published a consultation document for the Severn River Basin District called ‘River Basin Planning: Working Together’.  This document is the first in a series of three Water Framework Directive (WFD) publications for public consultation, allowing anyone with an interest in the water environment or the river basin planning process […]

The almost three million people who receive Disability Living Allowance in England and Wales will be eligible for a half price fishing licence from next year. The Environment Agency will extend the disability concession – which currently covers Blue Badge holders with severe mobility problems – to include all people receiving Disability Living Allowance.  A review […]

The Environment Agency’s Worcestershire Middle Severn Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy has been launched. For the next six years, it will form the basis for all our decisions on the management of the water resources of the Worcestershire Middle Severn area.  This is an area stretching from the southern edge of Telford south to Worcester and […]

A Somerset fisherman has been ordered to pay £1,075 in fines and costs after being caught illegally fishing for eels in East Sussex. Edward Gilbert, from Culmhead, Taunton, was arrested by Agency fisheries officers with help from Sussex Police on April 12, 2006 after he was seen fishing for elvers on the Scots Float Sluice in […]

Fish died as the level of oxygen fell in Terrington Drain at Stow Bridge, Norfolk when a farmer allowed liquid waste to get into the water. James Henry Clayton Flint who runs Bodgers Farm near Stowbridge was away on holiday when the pollution happened but had not left proper instructions with his farm contractor for the […]

What’s in the January issue of Match Fishing?   Match NewsAll the latest news from the fabulous world of match fishing. Garbolino Club Angler Of The YearIt’s your last chance to enter our exciting new club angler competition, which carries a whopping £10,000 worth of Garbolino sponsorship!   Mark Of PerfectionGarbolino Ossett’s Mark Wainwright is a thinking angler […]

Irish Specimen Fish Committee Annual ReportGreetings everyone, Just a quick note to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.  There is a lot happening including the launch of the Irish Specimen Fish report 2006.  I enclose a copy of the press release from the secretary of Irish Specimen Fish Committee, Dr Willie […]

It’s been a tough year for pike fishing and there are even bigger challenges ahead, PAC President Phil Wakeford said in the club’s New Year Message to pike anglers. But rest assured, your club is growing both in numbers and its determination to stand up for the pike and pike fishing. “When we took over the running […]

The Environment Agency is asking the people of West Somerset to comment on the future management of local rivers and streams. They have until January 19, 2007 to respond to the West Somerset Streams Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy (CAMS), the latest in a series of CAMS consultation documents for North Wessex that aim to balance the […]

The Environment Agency is asking people in Kent to help protect brown trout living in the River Dour in Dover. Officers are concerned that recent work to improve the populations of fish will be damaged this winter if people do not respect the sensitive spawning time.  At this time of year adult trout move onto […]

Family and friends from the world of pike fishing today have paid their last respects to popular London lure angler Gerry Castles. Gerry lost his long battle with illness in December, aged 62. His 93-year-old father Jeremiah has been comforted throughout his loss by his son’s fishing friends. Trevor Salmon spoke for many as he paid tribute […]