Sea Anglers' Conservation Network

Angling Trust wins access for anglers at sea

2009-07-04T00:00:00+01:00

For immediate release 4th July 2009 Angling Trust wins access for anglers at sea The announcement yesterday by the Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MP that recreational sea anglers will not be excluded from Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) has been warmly welcomed by the Angling ...

Anglers Have Nothing to Fear

2009-06-24T00:00:00+01:00

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 the House of Commons in support of the ...

Article 47 - DEFRA Consults on New Wording

2009-06-24T00:00:00+01:00

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 a result of series of discussions which the Commission held ...

Sea anglers selling fish are cast adrift

2009-06-24T00:00:00+01:00

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 definition of Recreational Sea Angling ...

Marine Bill - Next Steps

2009-06-23T00:00:00+01:00

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 all-party angling group and my party's spokesman ...