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National Fishing Month Coming This July/August
National Fishing Month 2012 (NFM) takes place between 20th July and the 27th August, and with over 100 events already listed online at the new website www.nationalfishingmonth.com , organisers are hoping that this year will be bigger and better than ever. ... Full story
Can You Help With Barbel Spawning Survey?
The Barbel Society is spearheading a national survey of barbel spawning sites on UK rivers. The purpose of the survey is to gather data on the dates and times of barbel spawning activity, and to build a central national register of barbel spawning sites in order to improve our understanding of barbel recruitment factors, as well as to enable better protection of those sites. ... Full story
All at Sea - Black Bream on the South Coast
Ian Welch (editor of our sister site FishingMagic.com) joins the FishActive team in search of black bream aboard the Spirit of Arun on our caption competition winners trip. ... Full story
Droughtshout Debuts from South East Water
South East Water is taking to the Web in new ways to help deliver key messages and updates on the current temporary use ban. Customers can now follow @Droughtshout on the social networking platform, Twitter, and the Drought Shout blog which can be found on the Company’s website. ... Full story
River Itchen Hydropower Scheme Withdrawn
Eastleigh Borough Council has withdrawn its application to establish a low head hydropower generation scheme at Shears Mill on Hampshire's iconic River Itchen after the Salmon & Trout Association joined forces with local fisheries interests to press for withdrawal of hydropower generation at Shears Mill to protect iconic river's salmon population. ... Full story
Angling Trust Tackles Coastal Litter With 'Just Take 5' Campaign
Help stop litter spoiling our beaches and coastline - that's the message the Angling Trust is sending out to sea anglers with the national launch of its Just Take 5 campaign. As well as ensuring they don't leave any litter anglers are being encouraged either to spend just five minutes after fishing collecting any litter they come across or to pick up five pieces of litter. ... Full story
Angling Trust Calls for Water Use Restrictions
Reacting to news today that the Environment Agency has declared a further 17 counties as 'drought zones', the Angling Trust is calling on more water companies to act responsibly and introduce water use restrictions now. ... Full story
Mullet Fishing – The National Mullet Club want YOU!
The National Mullet Club is looking to recruit new members and if you are an Angling Trust member there’s a deal on offer! ... Full story
New Angling Show set to Launch in 2013
A new 'Angling Live' show planned for London's ExCel on 23 – 24 March 2013 is set to raise the bar of UK angling events. ... Full story
The Riverfly Partnership - Spring Newsletter
The Anglers’ Monitoring Initiative season is fast approaching, Orange-striped stonefly survey, new adult caddis key and lots more from the Spring newsletter of The Riverfly Partnership. ... Full story
Sea Angling 2012: New online surveys launched
A new online survey is being launched in April for sea anglers to contribute to Sea Angling 2012, the largest survey yet of sea angling activity, catches and economic value in England. All sea anglers who fish from the shore or boats, beginners and experts alike, are invited to participate in the survey, and have a chance to win fishing tackle prizes. ... Full story
Waterside Wildlife - The Water Vole
Water Voles are one of the key indicators of a healthy freshwater ecosystem. You can help with an important survey of the local Water Vole population being undertaken on the River Carron and in the wider Falkirk region of Scotland - details of how to report sightings below. ... Full story
Angling Trust and Angling Development Board Merger Completed
The Angling Development Board (ADB) has become part of the Angling Trust following a merger of the two organisations, their assets and staff, to create a single representative and national governing body for the sport of angling in England which employs more than 40 professional staff, including those employed by Fish Legal, the legal arm of the Angling Trust, which operates throughout the UK. ... Full story
Take a Friend Fishing With Free 1 Day Rod Licence
The TAKE A FRIEND FISHING promotion is back to encourage thousands of parents, grandparents and friends to take the time over the Easter break to give family members and friends the chance to have a go at fishing. Particularly if there’s nothing they want to watch on the TV and they have an extra few days off work! ... Full story
RAFTS & ASFB Annual Review 2012
RAFTS and ASFB launched their 2012 Annual review at their joint Annual Conference on 29 March. The review contains a wide spectrum of articles on the work of the fishery trusts and the district salmon fishery boards, and wider fishery management issues in Scotland. ... Full story
Minister urged to halt spread of beavers carrying lethal parasites
The Angling Trust has today written to Fisheries and Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon urging him to authorise the trapping and lethal control of beavers to halt their spread into England from Scotland following the failure of the Scottish government to contain populations within a number of trial release sites. ... Full story
Penton Hook Spawning Channel Project
Last Saturday, West Thames Fisheries Officers Matt Drew and Stuart Keable worked with 10 volunteers from Thames Anglers Conservancy (TAC) to place 7 tons of gravel into the channel on Penton Hook lock island near Staines to improve spawning habitat for a range of species including chub and dace. ... Full story
Reminder: Coarse Fish Close Season On Rivers Has Started
Our friends at the Environment Agency remind all anglers that the annual coarse fish close season is now in force on rivers, streams and drains across England and Wales to protect fish during their breeding season, helping to increase fish stocks and secure angling for the future. ... Full story
A Very Fishy Film Location
Bait-Tech, the fastest growing bait manufacturer in Europe recently chose Sparsholt College’s National Aquatic Training Centre to play host to a film crew. The team, led by successful match angler Andy Neal, were at the College’s renowned facilities to record a promotional DVD. ... Full story
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