Angling Trust calls for reform of farming to boost productivity of fisheries. A draft report prepared for Environment Secretary Michael Gove by the Angling Trust, WWF and the Rivers Trust was picked up by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in advance of a high profile launch in the House of Commons on April 24th. The […]
EA announces proposed new byelaws to protect salmon The Environment Agency has announced a formal consultation about byelaws which include stopping salmon being taken from the majority of England’s net fisheries by 2019 and 100% mandatory catch and release by anglers on “At Risk” rivers. The Angling Trust is campaigning for a voluntary approach to […]
Fish Legal has helped the Inler Angling Club to start the process of restoring a purely wild trout fishery using compensation money obtained following a 2013 pollution. The club leases the brown trout and sea trout fishing on the River Inler in County Down, which was devastated by a major spill of vegetable waste from […]
Plans to build a controversial hydro scheme on the iconic Conwy Falls in the Snowdonia National Park have been withdrawn following strong objections submitted by the Angling Trust and Fish Legal, working with local member angling clubs and representatives of the ‘Save the Conwy’ campaign. The applicant – Innogy Renewables UK Ltd – was faced […]
