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May 03,2008

Marine Protected Areas and RSA
	by SACN In March, SACN along with other RSA Recreational Sea Angling Organisations were invited to take part in a meeting, along with other stakeholders to discuss proposals for establishing a network of Marine Protected Areas in UK waters. Below is a copy of the minutes of that meeting, which have now been released. (It is intended that further meetings of this or a larger ...

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Apr 04,2008 by SACN

Tope - A Code of Best Practice for Anglers

The following Code of Best Practice was developed by Save Our Sharks and has been adopted by the NFSA. Tope Handling - A code of best practice As part of a programme to protect a threatened species, recent Government legislation has put severe ... [full story]

Apr 03,2008 by SACN

Draft Marine Bill Launched

This morning SACN attended an event to publicise the launch of the Draft Marine Bill at Whitstable in Kent, where Hilary Benn, Jonathan Shaw and DEFRA's Rodney Anderson mingled with stakeholders from the local fishing community, environmental NGOs, local fishery officials ... [full story]

Mar 19,2008 by SACN

No Sea Angling Licence

Press Release Information from the Sea Anglers’ Conservation Network (SACN) 19th March 2007 No Sea Angling Licence SACN welcomes yesterday’s statement by Jonathan Shaw MP, the Fisheries Minister, that he will not be introducing a Sea Angling Licence. At the ... [full story]

Mar 18,2008 by SACN

SOS Defends Spurdog Decision

Yesterday, Mike Park the executive chairman of the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association said that the measure was without a doubt sparking more discarding and skippers were questioning the rationale behind it, given the European Commission’s strategy of cutting discarding. But ... [full story]

Mar 18,2008 by SACN

Anglers Battering the Fish Heads of Europe

After ten years of stubbornly refusing recreational sea anglers any say in managing fisheries, the European Council has given up and agreed that the €8-€10 billion (£6-8 billion) they generate each year now qualifies them as a genuine part of ... [full story]

Mar 16,2008 by SACN

Mutilated Dolphins Washing Up on UK Coast

An increasing number of mutilated dolphins are washing up dead on British coasts, conservationists have warned. Some of the dolphins' bellies have been sliced open after death to try to make them sink. Others have had their tails amputated to free ... [full story]

Mar 13,2008 by SACN

Protection for Tope Announced

http://www.defra.gov.uk/marine/fisheries/conservation/fstock.htm Managing the exploitation of tope Jonathan Shaw, Minister for Marine, Landscape and Rural Affairs & Minister for the South East, has taken steps to protect tope, a vulnerable European continental-shelf and coastal shark species. The Minister has prohibited fishing for tope ... [full story]

Mar 12,2008 by SACN

Sportfishing has US$125 billion economic impact on US economy

"Sportfishing in the US has an annual economic impact of US$125 billion, according to a recent report released by the American Sportfishing Association(ASA). The report, entitled "Sportfishing in America: An Economic Engine and Conservation Powerhouse," is a fairly detailed financial ... [full story]

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