Conservation and Political News

SALTER SAYS SEA ANGLERS HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THE MARINE BILL AND ALL ANGLERS HAVE MUCH TO GAIN FROM “ONCE IN A GENERATION” OVERHAUL OF FISHERIES LAW   Parliamentary spokesman for Angling and Reading West MP Martin Salter spoke yesterday in ... [full story]

Further to the letter which we sent in May seeking views on an Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of the proposed Control Regulation, the Commission has recently published an amended text to the proposal. This document was published as ... [full story]

For immediate release 24th June 2009       Sea anglers selling fish are cast adrift The Marine Committee of the Angling Trust meeting in June agreed that they would only represent recreational sea anglers. The meeting confirmed that the EAA ... [full story]

With the Marine Bill returning to the Commons on 23rd June 2009, a newsletter summarises where we are now, and what happens next. see:  http://www.defra.gov.uk/marine/pdf/legislation/marine-news10.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From debate on 23rd June: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2009-06-23a.696.0 Martin Salter MP A few days ago, in my capacity as chair of the ... [full story]

No to quotas on recreational fisheries Food [and fisheries] Minister Eva Kjer Hansen rejects the proposal from EU Commission, which among other things will introduce quota for the recreational fisheries. Instead the Danish minister calls for real simplification of the Commission proposal ... [full story]

For immediate release 19th June 2009       Recreational anglers welcome Marine and Coastal Access Bill The Angling Trust this week welcomed the Marine and Coastal Access Bill, due to be debated in the House of Commons on June 23rd. ... [full story]

For immediate release June 22nd 2009       Anglers concerned at light sentence for Newlyn commercial fishermen The Angling Trust has reacted with dismay to the judgement passed by Judge Phillip Wassal when he gave a two-year conditional discharge instead ... [full story]

Monitoring of Recreational Fisheries Article 47 Recreational fisheries 1. Member States shall ensure that recreational fisheries on their territory and in Community waters are conducted in a manner compatible with the objectives and rules of the Common Fisheries Policy. 2. The marketing of catches ... [full story]

Reported in Western Morning News a leading representative of the Commercial Fishing Industry in the South-West is quoted as saying "the idea that "Joe Public" should be given undue weight in the discussions over complex fishing policy for the people ... [full story]

A fading number of older sea anglers have memories of what fishing was once like, not only of the number of fish caught, but of the size of most of those fish. And when combined with the lack of transport to ... [full story]