The fish supply industry in England and Wales is set to benefit to the tune of £500,000, following the Environment Agency’s decision to remove two parasites from its list of controlled Category 2 pathogens. Category 2 parasites include those that are not native, but which have become established, and which the Environment Agency considers are […]

The Environment Agency stocked 3000 rare crucian carp into a fishing lake near Lyng on Tuesday, 10th July. The fish were reared at the Environment Agency’s fish farm at Calverton and have been stocked into the lake to try to establish a population of the species, which will remain as true crucian carp.Crucian carp have […]

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, who was recently appointed Vice Chair of the Labour Party for the Environment, has welcomed new Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s announcement that the government are considering publishing a draft Marine Bill in the next Parliamentary session.The Prime Minister included the reference to the Marine Bill in the Government’s Draft Legislative […]

The 16ft all-aluminium craft, with its distinctive landing-craft shaped hull, is named ‘Scathros’ –  the Cornish word for seine boat – and has already proved its worth during fish survey work on the Fal and Camel estuaries. Its shallow draft also makes it an ideal craft for anti-poaching patrols in shallow waters.The Environment Agency has […]

New to angling? Then pick up a copy of the Environment Agency’s ‘Where to go fishing’ guide, now available in tackle shopsIf you have just started fishing, or have returned to the sport after a few years’ break, then you will want to know where are the best places in your area to cast a […]

Jean-Francois Helias’ Fishing Adventures Thailand team is known internationally to be the most professional pro guides for freshwater sport fishing in Southeast Asia.That team of pro guides has accomplished numerous angling achievements, including up to today racking up an amazing total of 129 IGFA world records (114 homologated + 15 currently pending an homologation), or […]

Calling all river users! Walkers, anglers, canoeists, nature lovers,joggers. A mass volunteer clean-up of the Five Weirs Walk is beingplanned for the last weekend in July to shift tons of debris left behindby the June floods.The heavy rainfall left much of the popular 7.5km route under water.Many sections still remain blocked by tree trunks, and […]

During the evening of Monday 9 July 2007, Environment Agency officers saved 10,000 young fish from certain death in receding flood waters on Worcester Racecourse. Early that afternoon we had received a report of fish dying and distressed in shallow pools on the racecourse. An Environment Manager went out straight away to assess the situation. The […]

British Record (rod-caught) Fish CommitteePRESS RELEASE                                                                                                                          12th July 2007The Freshwater Sub Committee of the BRFC met on 6th July 2007.  In attendance were Ken Ball (Chairman  and National Federation of Anglers), Nigel Hewlett (Environment Agency, Scientific Advisor ) , Ian Epps (National Federation of Anglers), Mike Heylin (Specialist Anglers Alliance), Andy Nellist (Specialist Anglers Alliance) […]

 Scotland Nets World Fly Fishing ChampionshipsThe International Federation of Sport Fly Fishing (Fips-Mouche), at the 38th Congress of The Confederation International of Sport Fishing (CIPS) in Prague, has announced Scotland has won the rights to host the 2009 World Fly Fishing Championships.Dr. Neil McCarry, International Organiser of the Scottish Anglers National Association (SANA) who presented […]

Officers from the Environment Agency are investigating a foam spillage that is travelling down the River Thames.Environment Agency Lock Keeper Peter Payne reported up to six feet of foam as it went through Lechlade weir last night (Thursday) and further foaming has occurred at Buscot, Radcot and Rushey locks. The foam, which is fire-fighting foam, […]

Three Durham men have been banned from holding a rod licence for two years by magistrates after they were found guilty of intending to poach from a Wolsingham beck.Graham Robert Wilson, aged 38, and Mark Steven Pouton, aged 42, both of Local Avenue, Sherburn Hill, and Anthony John Starkie, aged 35, of Front Street, Sherburn […]

As the Countryside Alliance celebrates its tenth anniversary*, young Stoke-based angling instructor Sakina Haleem has been picked as one of ten national  “Rural Heroes” to represent a decade of rural change and determination.Sakina, born Corina Smith, is one of ten heroes selected from across Britain to tell their story and represent rural life as it […]

Sparsholt College and Aquatic Consultancy Services are pleased to announce that following the success of the inaugural event in 2006 we are holding another meeting for all those involved in the coarse fish farming and fisheries world on the 6th September 2007. A social event is planned for the evening of 5th September, with a […]

The Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes staged the NFA National Championships for Cadets, Juniors and Intermediates supported by PENTAX U.K, where almost 300 young anglers aged between 10 and 20 years of age competed to win the national crown.The competitors had considerably more agreeable conditions than some of the angling matches in recent weeks […]