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Rural Affairs Minister Reinforces Labour’s Support for Angling in National Fishing Week

Rural Affairs Minister Barry Gardiner MP visited Beale Park in Pangbourne, near Reading last Tuesday (August 22nd) to support National Fishing Week and to back
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Raymarine’s latest RayTech V6 navigation software

New at Southampton Boat Show, Stand G088 Raymarine has launched RayTech V6, the latest version of its advanced navigation software suite.  This powerful PC based software ...
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Raymarine Multifunction Navigation Displays - now with AIS and NAVTEX data support

New at Southampton Boat Show, Stand G088 Raymarine’s multifunction displays now support AIS (Automatic Identification System) and NAVTEX data. With this added capability, Raymarine’s multifunction displays ...
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Salmon shows recovery of the River Don

The Environment Agency has had further positive proof that salmon are beginning to return to the River Don after the fisheries survey team captured an ...
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Lombard Marine Finance – the people to talk to in Southampton to find out about buying a boat

Southampton Boat Show Stand EO46 September 2006 Lombard Marine Finance will be on hand again at the Southampton Boat Show to help every type of sailing ...
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Cheap4Ferries Offers Breakdown Cover

Cheap4Ferries has recently added new features to their website, giving their customers an even greater choice & ease of use. New this week to Cheap4Ferries.co.uk is ...
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Cygnus Marine - Typhoon 33

Seen here, off Pendennis Point in Falmouth in a very brisk South-Easterly, is the latest Typhoon 33, for the Curtis family of Looe in Cornwall. ...
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ABBERTON ENQUIRY "LIKELY" SAYS DEFRA

PACGB News Release A public enquiry into a massive water transfer scheme, which the PAC fears could harm historically-important pike fisheries in the Fens, is "likely" ...
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NEW “FISH SCIENCE” BREAKTHROUGH BRINGS FISH TO COMMERCIAL BOATS/ DEMANDS FOR ANGLER SAMPLES

Miami, Florida…August 24…Commercial fishermen throw hooks where they think fish are. A new patented lure system that sends signals in all directions to bring in ...
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GlareStomper Making Waves with New Line of GPS Sun-Visors for Chart-Plotters & Fish-Finders

The So. California based makers of the original flexible sun visors for automotive GPS units (GlareStomper), has 'hit the water' by offering these sun blocking ...
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FACT demands action against thugs

The Fisheries & Angling Conservation Trust (FACT), the national umbrella organisation for fisheries conservation and angling, is very concerned by the report that a gang ...
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PAC HITS OUT AT TV CHEF STEIN

The Pike Anglers Club has hit out at TV chef Rick Stein, after he featured a pike recipe in his programme. Kitchen legend Stein cooked an ...
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Habitat boost for Thamesmead’s fish

A popular Thamesmead fishing spot is set to be transformed next week (31 August) with the installation of a new floating 'eco-island' in an Environment ...
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HOT News from the IGFA - August 2006

HOT News from the IGFA August 2006 By Pete Johnson, Johnson Communications – IGFA PR counsel   Newest Pending World Records Fish catches made by several junior anglers leads ...
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More Eco-Friendly Fish Available to Consumers

Today (August 23rd, 2006) the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) launches its latest online guide to buying eco-friendly fish at www.fishonline.org, the one-stop-shop for consumers concerned ...
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Discovery Real Time - September & October, 2006

Discovery Real Time have recently been in touch with Anglers' Net to tell us about their upcoming schedule. It all looks like great stuff ...
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TV Chef Rick Stein says sorry to pikers

TV chef Rick Stein has apologised for telling viewers they should eat more pike. The PAC responded immediately when he featured a pike recipe in his ...
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New rules still spell overfishing danger for sea bass

National Federation Of Sea Anglers - News Release New government rules meant to improve and develop stocks of sea bass in English coastal waters will fail ...
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'SCUSE ME, GUV. GOT THE CORRECT ALTITUDE, WEATHER, TEMPERATURE, DIRECTION - AND, ER, THE TIME?

Getting lost, late or foxed by the weather - but remaining stylish if you do - are three excuses that can be crossed off the ...
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Recreational Fish Welfare Group Gives Advice on Stocking of Fisheries to Fishery Managers

The Fish Welfare Group, an operative committee of Fisheries and Angling Conservation Trust, has been working on a number of initiatives recently to enhance the ...
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PIKERS CALL FOR PUBLIC ENQUIRY OVER MASSIVE WATER TRANSFER SCHEME

The Pike Anglers Club is calling for a public enquiry into a massive water abstraction scheme it fears could damage historic pike fisheries and internationally-important ...
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Marie Curie Predator Cup

The Cambridge Region of the Pike Anglers Club will again be helping out with the running of the Marie Curie Predator Cup, which is being ...
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Maritime Exhibition Pays Tribute To Banffshire’s Own ‘Local Heroes’

The coastal area of Banffshire is not only home to the red phone box, which features in the film ‘Local Hero’, but also to its ...
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New Record Fish

At the recent meeting of the BRFC chaired by Mr Ken Ball, and attended by Ian Epps, National Federation of Anglers; Marsh Pratley, Phil Smith: ...
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Bass Minimum Landing Size Announcement

Labour’s Parliamentary Spokesman for Angling, Martin Salter MP, today gave a guarded welcome to the announcement by Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw to increase the Minimum ...
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Tope Consultation

From Save Our Sharks Hi All You may have already heard on the grapevine that SOS has finally got the chance to help make the tope a ...
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Bass landing size increase to improve the stock

DEFRA NEWS RELEASE The minimum landing size for sea bass is to be increased to improve and sustain the fishery. From April 6, 2007, fishermen and anglers ...
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Minister fudges bass stocks issue

Countryside Alliance News Release The Countryside Alliance accused Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw of a complete and utter fudge over the issue of bass landing sizes. From ...
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World’s First Insect Repelling Intelligent Fabric – No More Mosquito Bites

UK inventor George Costa has good news for people who get bitten by mosquitoes. He’s invented a revolutionary intelligent clothing called Arnywear which creates a ...
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Koi Herpesvirus Outbreak

The following letter was received from the Environment Agency: Dear Editor. re: Koi Herpesvirus (KHv) Outbreak There has been much speculation in the angling press and in Internet ...
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Stocker Wobbler

Here in the UK, it's hard enough just finding deadbait mounts in many UK tackle shops. Ones designed for trolling must be as rare as ...
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Latest version of World Almanac released

Winchester, UK (7th August 2006) - Douglas Software, announced today the release of version 4.3.0 of its World Almanac software that accurately calculates the location ...
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Cheap4Ferries.co.uk Introduces New Routes to Their Site for 2006

Cheap4Ferries has recently added new routes to their site, providing their customers with an ever-growing choice of routes and destinations. New to Cheap4Ferries are routes ...
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Now available: Official test results for monofilament

It is widely known that many manufacturers of fishing line overstate the breaking strength of their lines in order to cash in on sales. Consumers ...
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Sea Anglers Fall Hook, Line and Sinker For Banffshire Coast

Recreational sea angling (RSA) is one of the largest participation sports in the UK with more than one million sea anglers, male and female, of ...
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ANCASTA BOAT SHOW AT POOLE GIVES BOAT BUYERS AND SELLERS THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS

Europe’s largest boat sales network, Ancasta International Boat Sales, is hosting its Poole Used Boat Show at Cobb’s Quay, Poole, from 1 – 3 September.  ...
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ANCASTA LYMINGTON USED BOAT SHOW GIVES ADDED EXTRA FOR BOAT BUYERS AND SELLERS

Europe’s largest boat sales network, Ancasta International Boat Sales, is holding its Lymington Used Boat Show from 15-24 September, which runs in conjunction with the ...
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