Anglers caught fishing without a licence were yesterday fined by Northallerton and Richmond magistrates’ Court in cases brought by the Environment Agency.The improvements made to fish habitats and stocks are part funded directly from rod licence sales, and the Environment Agency is reminding all anglers to get their licence for the new season as the […]

Cambridge Rugby Football Club allowed highly polluting sewage to get into a nearby stream despite a warning from the Environment Agency after a previous incident. At Ely Magistrates’ Court today (Tues) the club was fined £3,500 and ordered to pay £2,277 costs for polluting the Ful Brook which runs past its pavilion before joining the […]

Labour’s Parliamentary Spokesman for Angling Martin Salter used a debate on the Marine Environment in the House of Commons last week to outline the steps that would need to be taken to make a rod licence acceptable to sea anglers.The Reading West MP reminded Fisheries Minister, Ben Bradshaw, that licences for commercial boats are currently […]

Labour’s Angling Spokesperson Martin Salter waded into the debate over the proposed new 40cms minimum landing size (M.L.S) for bass, urging Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw “to be bold when it comes to protecting our fish stocks”. Mr Salter argued that the government should mover to a larger 45cms M.L.S as soon as possible. He also […]

The Environment Agency has unveiled a five-year plan to improve the environment for fish and anglers across London and the Thames Valley. The extensive plan, ‘Our plan for fisheries in Thames Region 2006-2011’, takes into account factors such as climate change, invasive species, drought and water quality, agriculture and angling to deliver far-reaching benefits for the […]

The NFA is on the lookout for two Non-Executive Directors to contribute to the work of the organisation and continue the development of our sport.Following the NFA’s move to the National Water Sports Centre, and its incorporation, the NFA is looking to further develop as a modern National Governing Body for the sport.At the last […]

Environment Agency officers are reeling after spotting a monster fish whose size has tipped the scales towards a River Tyne record.A 6.5lb chub, weighing an estimated 6.5lbs (2.94 kilogrammes), has been seen in the Tyne which officers say could be around as much as 55 centimetres long, and 20 years old.The Tyne is best known […]

The 2nd AGM and Conference of the NFA has been held at Holme Pierrepont last weekend where 75 delegates from clubs around the country attended to see the progress the organisation has made in the last year.The conference focused on the key message of ‘together we can’ which has meaning not only for NFA members […]

Milo Festival Final DayWell this is our last day of the festival and it has been another exciting and successful week, the weather started off a bit touch and go and the fishing was unlike normal but as the week progressed things settled down and we have seen some great results, please read on and […]

A man who caught bass on rod and line from his unlicensed boat and then sold them illegally to a fish merchant was fined £600 and ordered to pay £400 costs by magistrates at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on Monday April 16th.Richard Eynon, 28, of  Burry Port, Llanelli, pleaded guilty to selling over 50 kilos of bass […]

The £1 billion a year the economy receives from recreational sea angling will start to dry up unless commercial overfishing in UK inshore waters is stopped and outlawed.This is according to a new poll among sea anglers and angling clubs.  It shows that the prime objective of the country’s million sea anglers is to fight […]