A CONSUMER fishing show, WITHOUT a retailing element and with lower costs, is being launched next year by DHP Ltd, publisher of such magazines as Total Coarse Fishing, Match Fishing and Total Carp.The event, which will be a true showcase for the industry, has already been given the backing of many big-name suppliers, including Fox, […]

Membership is rising, the bank balance is healthy and exciting things are afoot as the Pike Anglers Club approaches its 30th Birthday, its Annual Members Meeting heard.But PAC president Phil Wakeford warned against complacency as the committee looked back on its first year in office at the club’s AGM.Member numbers now stand at more than […]

The NFA’s ‘Introduction to Angling and the Environment’ continued to grab the headlines as River Leen School in Nottingham carried out their practical side of the course last week.The school in Nottingham took 10 pupils aged from 9 to 15 years of age who have been undertaking the course since September onto Awsworth Canal to […]

Koi Herpesvirus (KHV) is a disease of common carp and carp varieties such as Koi. It can kill all the carp in a fishery, is easily spread and tends to occur in the summer when water temperatures reach between 15C and 28C.  Fish showing clinical signs of the disease usually die within hours. At lower […]

KOI HERPESVIRUS DISEASE: NOTIFICATION AND CONTROL Defra today (21 May 2007) published new measures designed to combat the introduction and spread of Koi Herpesvirus (KHV)  Disease and to improve the health and welfare standards of fish.On 6 April 2007 it became a legal obligation to notify suspected KHV Disease in England and Wales.Organisations participating in […]

Past Fish ‘0’ Mania champion Steve Cooke from Nottinghamshire served up a real treat with a convincing win at the Heronbrook qualifier with a winning margin of almost 41kgs over his nearest rival.All the talk at the draw was of Island Lake being highly fancied by many of the competitors. However, the weather during the […]

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Angling will be visiting Berkshire on Friday 25 May to hear about the work that has been done to improve angling and the environment on the rivers Kennet and Pang. The Environment Agency will be hosting the visit to the Englefield Estate near Theale by the All Party Parliamentary Group […]

Where’s Dave? as Environment Agency launches its latest television campaign promoting rod licences. “Where’s Dave? He’s not coming. Landed himself a big one. In court. A big fine and a criminal record. For not having a rod licence.”The Environment Agency’s latest television campaign promoting rod licences started on May 18 and will run until June […]

RESEARCH will be carried out in Yorkshire this summer into growing concerns that climate change is leading to dwindling stocks of grayling and trout in the region’s rivers.Fish populations in traditional breeding grounds such as the River Ure and River Swale in North Yorkshire have declined sharply in recent years, after water flows fell dramatically.River […]

An act of vandalism has completely destroyed a fishing platform designed especially for disabled anglers – less than six months after it was put in place. The wooden structure was burnt to the ground, with nearby fencing being used to feed the blaze. The platform – created to help disabled, elderly and young anglers take […]

More than 460 anglers were prosecuted in April for fishing without a valid rod licence, incurring more than £66,000 in fines and costs. “Our enforcement officers target rivers, lakes and other waters where we believe cheats are present,” confirmed Environment Agency Head of Fisheries Dafydd Evans. “Our staff are better equipped than ever. With access […]

A court heard how more than 100 trout died after leachate escaped from Connon  Bridge Landfill site near Liskeard.Connon Bridge receives household waste from all over Cornwall and operates under a Pollution Prevention Control permit issued by the Environment Agency. At the time of the offence County Environmental Services operated a leachate treatment plant at […]

Salmon populations may be adversely affected by climate change because of changes in their river habitat – unless action is taken to help river ecosystems adapt to unavoidable climate change, according to findings released today.The Environment Agency study, based on detailed climate modelling in three example catchments, found that salmon in the upper River Wharfe […]

Pike in a Westcountry canal are being illegally tagged by having cable ties pushed through their backs.Anglers on the Grand Western Canal, which stretches from Tiverton, Devon, to the Somerset border, have caught numbers of small fish festooned with plastic fastenings.Mystery surrounds why anyone would wish to mutilate pike in this way.“I’ve been hearing about […]