Shadow Minister Gets Fully Briefed on Angling Issues

[Anglers' Net]

Last week, as well as welcoming the re-appointment of Richard Benyon as Fisheries Minister, the Angling Trust reached out across the political divide and organised a briefing for the new Minister for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tom Harris. Martin Salter, Dr Alan Butterworth and Mark Owen from the Trust were joined by colleagues from Thames Anglers Conservancy (TAC) and Get Hooked on Fishing (GHoF) when they took Tom to visit a West London angling participation scheme in Ealing and then on to Teddington weir to hear angler's concerns about the implementation of damaging hydropower schemes and problems with predation and invasive species.

 

Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.