As the weather has warmed through early March the fishing has picked up a little for the members of the Whitby fishing club. For the first time since early season an angler brought 6 fish to the scales. Rob Allsion who fished alongside Dennis Thompson landed 5 fish for almost 10lbs on the 7th March, [...]
Following its successful debut in 2009, Cumbria – the Lake District – is to host its second Fishing Festival in the Spring of 2010. The Festival will run from the 15th to the 23rd of May, and will feature an expanded range of some fifty angling activities aimed at anglers and [...]
The website which keeps track of subsidies given to UK Fishing vessels has published a list of EU subsidised vessels whose owners have also been convicted of sea fishery offences. UK Registered Boats including : BEN LOYAL, CKS, Admiral Gordon, Admiral Blake, GIRL PATRICIA, CATEAR, DANIELLE, were given subsidies of upto £50,000 by the European [...]
Ever since 1990 Ireland’s bass have been conserved by a set of laws which completely protects the species from commercial fishing, whilst allowing anglers to take only 2 fish each within any 24 hour period. This sportfishery approach has reaped many benefits for the Irish, with anglers from right across Europe coming to take advantage [...]
The annual European Open Beach Fishing Match 2010 (Formerly the The Bridlington Open Beach Fishing Match) got underway yesterday with the first event – “The Flattie Bash”. The weather was appalling with incessant rain and strong winds, but this did not deter 150 keen competitors from turning out on Bridlington beach.
Day 2 also fell foul [...]
Skipper ordered to pay £2,115 for fishing in a prohibited area
Garry Coley, skipper of the Shelley Marie, was ordered to pay £2,115 (£100 for the value of the illegal catch, £2,000 contribution to costs and £15 victim surcharge) by Torquay Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to scallop dredging in an area for crabbing vessels.
In the [...]
Daredevil fundraisers are needed to take part in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Dracula Drop bungee jump during Whitby Gothic Weekend.
The event, on Saturday 24 April, has become a popular event in the lifeboat charity’s fundraising calendar and takes place over Whitby Harbour, with the picturesque town and abbey as its backdrop.
RNLI Events Manager Lisa Rutter said: ‘The Dracula Drop has been running for four years now during the Gothic Weekend and goes from strength to strength. It really is a unique experience and a great fundraising event for the RNLI which over the past three years has raised £15,000 for our charity. We only have 60 places for the Dracula Drop so anyone who would like to take part should sign up as soon as possible.’
£5.25 million in grants has been awarded to the English fishing industry from the European Fisheries Fund.
The largest single grant was £2.3 million for a new fish market in Newlyn, Cornwall. It is subject to assurances from the new Newlyn Harbour Commissioners who are expected to be appointed before Easter.
The new Harbour Commissioners will [...]
Following a successful series of events during National Fishing Week 2009, the supporting bodies have decided that the annual event will grow into a month long celebration of angling, entitled National Fishing Month.
The initiative will begin on the 17th July 2010 and conclude on the 15th August 2010 and will involve several showcase events in [...]
The Angling Trust today launched a campaign strategy to highlight the concerns of Britain’s 3 million anglers in the run-up to the General Election.
The comprehensive strategy includes calls for the government and its agencies to:
• Protect fish stocks from commercial overfishing by reforming the Common Fisheries Policy and enforcing existing legislation;
• Implement the Water Framework Directive to [...]
