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The Epsom Angling Society ~ A Brief History The Society is one of the Borough’s oldest sports clubs, the first record we could find was in a local directory for 1888, we have ... Full story

New Record Fish - Grass Carp & Barbel The BRFC met at the Fishmongers Hall, London on 19th March 2007. Present were Ken Ball (Chairman and National Federation of Anglers), David Rowe (Secretary), ... Full story

Environment Agency boosts fish stocks in West Yorkshire Environment Agency officers will be releasing thousands of fish into the River Aire next week to boost stocks in the region’s rivers.Around 2,000 grayling will ... Full story

Net closes on bumper catch of illegal anglers Environment Agency News ReleaseSeven men caught by Environment Agency officers fishing without a rod licence were ordered to pay a total of £1,060 today at ... Full story

BE A FRIEND OF THE SEA - CHECK SEAFOOD SUSTAINABILITY BEFORE BUYING IT Fish stocks around the globe are dwindling. Friend of the Sea (www.friendofthesea.org), a project for the certification and promotion of sustainable seafood, now allows mobile ... Full story

SEWAGE FISH KILLS TO END ON TIDAL THAMES Years of lobbying by environmental groups, the Mayor of London, MPs and anglers have finally paid off with the announcement last week by Environment Minister ... Full story

New strategy on water abstraction The Environment Agency has published the first ever policy for managing water in rivers and streams in West Dorset.The newly published Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy ... Full story

Lymm Angling Club Donate 6000 To Help Rivers Thrive The River Weaver and Wheelock look set to delight south Cheshire anglers this summer thanks to the generosity of Lymm Angling Club who have donated ... Full story

MICK BROWN TOPS THE BILL FOR PAC'S 30TH BIRTHDAY BASH Mick Brown will be heading the line-up of speakers at Piking 2007, the PAC confirmed today.Widely-acknowleged as one of the best all-round pike anglers of ... Full story

2007 British Pike Squad Team Selection Final NEWS RELEASEA very strictly limited number of places are available for  this years BPS Team Selection Final which will take place over the weekend of ... Full story

Cashel Trout Fishery report by Marlene Mc Laughlin 18th March, 2007It has been a weekend of wintry weather, especially Sunday but some anglers are not deterred by these conditions.  Newcomer, Sean O’Doherty from ... Full story

BACK-TO-BACK FISHING IN APRIL AND MAY ON DISCOVERY REAL TIME EXTRA! This April and May, Discovery Real Time Extra is dedicating every single second to the great British passion that is fishing. Tune in for some ... Full story

Break into salmon fishing without breaking the bank! Fishing tackle manufacturers Hardy and Greys are hoping to attract new blood into the sport with the launch of an exciting new range of salmon ... Full story

Environment Agency boosts eel stocks in Yorkshire and Derbyshire The Environment Agency’s fisheries team will next week be stocking nearly 70,000 elvers at two locations in Yorkshire and Derbyshire to give a helping hand ... Full story

Solution in sight for sewage discharges in the Thames Environment Agency News ReleaseThe Environment Agency today welcomed the Government's announcement of the improvement to London's sewerage system, which crosses a significant hurdle towards the ... Full story

River Corve Pollution Prosecution Environment Agency News ReleaseOn 19 March 2007 Simon Brown (60) of Poplars Farm, Brockton, Much Wenlock pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates Court to a charge ... Full story

Environment Agency ensures access for all at Hailsham fishing lake The Environment Agency has helped fund a platform that will enable people with disabilities enjoy the angling facilities on offer at Hailsham Country Park Lake ... Full story

Kevin Nash Venom Carp Rods If you're looking for a mid-priced carp rod that look as good as it performs, then Kevin Nash may well have come up with the ... Full story

MCS Sustainable Supermarket Survey Supermarkets tackling the issue of sourcing sustainable fishThe latest Sustainable Supermarket League Table is published today by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) as part of ... Full story

Fishing Logbook Organiser Available from http://www.fishing-direct.com/ With an introductory price of just £9.99, the Fishing Logbook Organiser is already proving popular with PC users around the UK. Here's what ... Full story

Reel in the bargains at Aldi News Release From AldiMake sure you net Aldi’s latest range of fishing equipment this June and really kit yourself out with the latest fishing gadgets ... Full story

Environment Agency investigates oil pollution in Horsham The Environment Agency is appealing for information after heating oil got into the Chennels Brook at Rusper Road in Horsham last Thursday. On Friday 16 ... Full story

Guess what – Laroussi starts with a sixty again! For the third year on the trot the Angling Lines venue Laroussi has had a fantastic opening week which saw 1 x 60 and 2 ... Full story

March Madness - 20% Off!! Regulars to Anglers' Net will probably be aware of TackleBargains. They are a mail order internet tackle company that takes great products and sells them ... Full story

Orvis - Treat Yourself To Quality If you feel that it's about time to treat yourself to a bit of quality, then maybe you should take a look at the Orvis ... Full story

Sea angling licences “unenforceable and bureaucratic” says Alliance The Countryside Alliance has branded the proposed sea angling licence “unenforceable, bureaucratic and with no obvious benefit to the recreational sea angler”. The Government has ... Full story

Fish smuggler’s appeal fails An appeal against a fine of £3,500 imposed by magistrates in Folkstone, Kent, on a 53-year-old man from Thamesmead last December was dismissed at a ... Full story

Browning Joins The Environment Agency! Angling Partners - Fishing For AllBrowning has joined the Environment Agency in a new partnership covering the Anglian and Midland regions to help promote angling.The ... Full story

Win A Bivvy Worth £299.99!! Trev’s Tackle recently announced that their newly updated website is now all systems go at: www.Trevs-Tackle.comWhilst the new look website offers the same fantastic offers ... Full story

Environment Agency to explain reservoir safety role to courts Magistrates and Magistrate Court Clerks are to be briefed on reservoir safety issues in the Environment Agency’s bid to get tough on reservoir owners, operators ... Full story

Get Hooked on Fishing in 2007! Cornwall Budding anglers of all ages in Cornwall can look forward to a bumper season of free fishing events courtesy of the Environment Agency.Last year’s ‘Get ... Full story

Welsh Net Prosecution At Cardigan Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 6 March three local men were ordered to pay a total of £900 in fines and costs after ... Full story

Environment Agency improvements to south London "Oasis" The Environment Agency will start improvements on another section of the River Darent today (Monday, 12 March). The latest work on the river will affect ... Full story

Don’t be an April Fool Don't be an April fool.  Remember that April 1 is the start of the new rod licence year and you will need to get out ... Full story

Seabirds make the agenda at U.N. Fisheries Meeting Rome, 9 March 2007 - The plight of the world's seabirds was a key agenda item at the week-long meeting of the UN's Food and ... Full story

Environment Agency wants views of Welsh anglers Environment Agency Wales are currently looking for people to join two of its key advisory committees - The Environment Protection Advisory Committee (EPAC) and the ... Full story

Lyn lands 39lbs 8oz pike at PAC event P.A.C. News ReleaseLyn Baker stunned the angling world when she reeled in one of the biggest pike ever caught by a female angler at the ... Full story

PARLIAMENTARY ANGLING GROUP GET HOOKED The All-Party Parliamentary Angling Group, hosted by Martin Salter MP have received a presentation by Anne Moyle, Chief Executive of the Charitable Trust Get Hooked on Fishing who ... Full story

Government Proposals For Sea Angling Sea Anglers' Conservation Network News ReleaseThe Government's White paper that will lead to the first ever Marine Bill for the UK will take place in ... Full story

Remember: rod licences expire on March 31, 2007 The reminder comes as nearly 500 cases of fishing without a valid rod licence were brought in front of the courts by the Environment Agency ... Full story

Licence concession extended to more disabled anglers The almost three million people who receive Disability Living Allowance in England and Wales are eligible for a half price fishing licence from April 1, ... Full story

Who Will Catch The Big One? The latest addition to the Lee Valley Regional Park Fisheries will open on Friday 16 March, Red Nose Day!Banjo Lake in Stanstead Abbotts will be ... Full story

Water company prosecuted for illegal discharge from sewage treatment works Wessex Water was ordered to pay £6,978 in fines and costs for releasing poor quality effluent from a sewage treatment works in Hampshire. The case ... Full story

GOVERNMENT REJECTS CANOEISTS’ CALL FOR STATUTORY RIGHT OF ACCESS TO RIVERS AND STREAMS Attempts by the British Canoe Union (B.C.U) to drum up political support for their campaign for a right to paddle along every river and stream ... Full story

Anglers check their flies for cleaner waters Anglers are set to become a key part of protecting Britain's rivers from decline. Launching tomorrow at the Natural History Museum, the Anglers Monitoring Initiative ... Full story

East Yorkshire man fined for illegal fishing net A man was fined £100 at Beverley Magistrates’ Court today, after pleading guilty to the possession of an illegal fishing net.Harvey Laurence Holbrook, aged 66 ... Full story

North East anglers urged to return catch logbooks Anglers in the North East are being urged to return their coarse anglers logbooks which will help the Environment Agency’s research of fish stocks in ... Full story

Fly Fishing Tuition If you fancy a go at fly-fishing, but just don't know where to start, or even if you're just looking to brush up on your ... Full story

Stopping the invasion of non-native species The Environment Agency is joining a coalition of government bodies aiming to protect UK plants and animals from invasive species such as Floating Pennywort and ... Full story

OceanTrail - Launching made Easy As the weather improves, leisure boat users will be returning to the water to enjoy sailing, fishing and other watersports. OceanTrail, online stockist of new ... Full story

Sea Trout Prosecution The Environment Agency has prosecuted a Hampshire man for fishing with an illegal net in Keyhaven Harbour, Hampshire.Mr Kerry Vickery of New Road, Keyhaven pleaded ... Full story

Fisheries Not Catching On 2 March 2007—There has never been a more urgent need to strengthen fisheries management measures globally, says TRAFFIC in a new report that examines the ... Full story

River Tywi Net Prosecution Operating an unauthorised fixed net on the River Tywi Estuary at Ferryside on 24 April 2006 cost a Ferryside man £1,150 in fines and costs ... Full story

MINISTER CONFIRMS THAT NEW LAW CAN TACKLE ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WHO TARGET ANGLERS Following a meeting with a delegation brought by Martin Salter MP, Home Office minister Vernon Coaker has confirmed that the Government and the police will ... Full story

Breaking new ground to bring our seas back to life A pioneering project is being launched in the South West during spring 2007 to breathe new life into the coasts and seas around Cornwall, Devon ... Full story

Engaging Young People For a number of years many different organisations involved in Angling both at a National and local (club) level have realised that, compared ... Full story

River Ehen Poaching Prosecution Two men from Frizington, Cumbria were fined £200 each, plus a further £200 costs at Whitehaven Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 15 February 2007, for salmon ... Full story