The Environment Agency and the Association of Rivers Trusts are heralding their new alliance that will bring a dynamic approach to improving and protecting English and Welsh rivers.A new partnership agreement between the two bodies will be ushered in at the 15th International Salmonid Conference on Wednesday 18th October at the Baltic Centre, Gateshead. Director […]

The Master and Owners of French trawler Vierge De L’Ocean (SM584781) have been fined a total of £13,000 plus £1,700 costs after admitting logbook offences at Brixham Magistrates Court this week (11 October).  The vessel had been detained by HMS Severn in the Western Channel, and after an inspection the Master and Owners were charged […]

Chefs and restaurant owners who buy salmon and trout have been urged to make sure their dish of the day hasn’t been illegally caught from the River Wear. Enforcement officers from the Environment Agency are asking wholesalers and restaurant staff to help stop the trade in illegally-caught fish from Framwellgate Waterside near Durham city centre. The Newcastle-based […]

A man fishing without a rod licence then changed the date on the notice served on him in an attempt to try to avoid prosecution, the Environment Agency told Swaffham Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Tues). Martin Chapman was spotted fishing by a water bailiff patrolling Reepham Fishery, Norwich  in February. He claimed that his licence was at […]

 Eleven anglers were yesterday (Tues) fined a total of £1,255 with £760 costs by Swaffham Magistrates’ Court after they pleaded guilty to fishing without a licence. DefendantFineCostsDavid Drummee10080Andrew Cox13080Steven Johnstone13080Mark Baxter8080Darren May13080Lee Williamson130 + 130 80Jonathon Fiddament8080Marcus Wyatt13080Stephen Overall5040Terry Van-Blerk500Roger Taylor11580  All the above defendants were prosecuted for fishing for freshwater fish by means of an unlicensed […]

This October, Discovery Real Time kick starts its angling season with a stunning new series hosted by fishing legend John Wilson.   John Wilson’s Dream Fishing tackles some of the most demanding species, ranging from giant common skate and powerful conger eels, to blue sharks and even the legendary Mekong catfish. The series also features a variety […]

Hull & District Angling Club became the fourth angling club to gain Sport England’s Clubmark status last week. This coincides with the launch of a new Clubmark website (http://www.clubmark.org.uk/) by Sport England. The website provides everyone involved in the scheme with a dedicated, all-inclusive bank of relevant, up to date information, to share best practice and […]

A Selby man was fined £1,000 at Sunderland Magistrates’ Court today, after pleading guilty to introducing fish to a lake in Fatfield, Washington, without consent from the Environment Agency. Colin Forsyth, aged 60, of Cliffe, Selby, North Yorkshire, was also ordered to pay full costs of £70 to the Environment Agency, which brought the case. Helen Ferguson, […]

A two-year study by the Environment Agency into how landowners can open up more rivers across England for canoeing has been completed and the findings released today (October 3, 2006). The Minister for Biodiversity, Landscape and Rural Affairs, Barry Gardiner, and the Minister for Sport, Richard Caborn, will hear about the successful conclusion of the project, […]

Reading West MP Martin Salter who is also the government’s Spokesman for Angling will be joining members of the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) to celebrate the success of their pilot Youth Angling Project with personalities from the fishing world at a special event to be held at the purpose built angling centre […]

Due to increasing demand from Carp anglers nationwide who have been impressed with Power Plus but need more than a 300m spool Ultima are launching 1/4lb spools. Since July Power Plus has been available throughout the country and has received universal acclaim from anyone that has used it. It has been particularly gratifying how many people […]

 The Anglers’ Conservation Association (ACA) has issued formal court proceedings in relation to severe damage to fisheries caused by two separate agricultural pollution incidents. The first case relates to farm pollution of the River Brue in Somerset which caused a massive fish kill and affecting the fishing for six different ACA riparian members as well as […]

The Master and owner of UK-registered fishing vessel Success III, KY211, has been ordered to pay a total of £8,000 for fishing illegally within British Fishery Limits. The defendant pleaded guilty yesterday (2 October) at Grimsby Magistrates Court to using a multiple-rig trawl with a mesh too small for the area of the North Sea […]

CRAIG O’Brien ran away with the 60-angler Meadowlands Fishery Festival, fished over three days at the Ryton-upon-Dunsmore venue.Craig had a perfect 30 point score and a massive 317-1-0 total, and actually won two of the days, weighing in exactly the same weight (135-12-0) on day two on Lambsdown as he’d put on the scales on […]

COVENTRY’S Jon Arthur set a new record for the Hankat AS section of the Walsall Canal after drawing what even he admits was a flyer in the Warwickshire Winter League Practice.UK Chamsp winner Jon arrived to find roach exploding out of the water all over the place trying to escape the attentions of a number of […]