Recreational Sea Angling Strategy
Sea Angling Licence Gone – But Bag Limits And No Take Zones Still A Threat.
RSA Strategy – Sea Angling Licence Abandoned
The long time saga the RSA strategy continues. On the 19th March 2008, Only days before the RSA strategy consultation ends DEFRA’s head man Jonathon Shaw announced that [...]
Angling Trust News Release – Sea Anglers To Police Marine Conservation Zones ??
Members of parliament are being urged to tell fisheries minister Huw irranca-Davies, that Britain’s recreational sea angling industry is in danger of being “smothered by the restrictions and rules of management regimes” that are really only intended to control the European commercial [...]
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 Trust.
The Angling Trust has always supported the concept of MCZs as a vital first step in the recovery [...]
Press release on behalf of the Northern Federation of Sea Angling Societies and the angling Trust
After a useful meeting with Natural England in Newcastle, attended by myself, Alan Charlton of the Northern Federation of Sea Angling Societies, Stuart McPherson and Sam Harris of the Angling Trust, it has been decided to hold two meetings with [...]
The North Sea’s first no-take zone could soon be offering greater protection for marine wildlife off Flamborough Head. Lobster, crabs, plaice and kelp may all benefit from the increased protection, which has the support of the local community and fisheries.
Robbie Fisher, marine adviser for Natural England said “This is an exciting step for all those [...]
Alan Charlton
Press Sec NFSAS
Anthony Hynes
DEFRA
Re MCZ meeting 3rd April
This is the first time I have been able to contact you having just returned from short break away during which I attended the meeting on 3rd April which entailed a round trip of 280 mile. You did e mail me earlier asking if there was anything [...]
It was good to chat to you on Monday and sorry for not getting back to you until now.
I offered to write an e-mail summarising what we talked about which was:
1. A description of what Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) are and how they will be designated
2. The purpose of Natural England’s recreational sea angling questionnaire
3. [...]
Article 47 Is the tide now turning or are the sharks still lurking in the waters.
This is of course the big question, the tide would appear to be turning for some of us maybe!
Dear Mr Radcliffe
Re: Article 47 of proposal for reform of Community Control System
Thank you for your recent letter regarding the proposal for [...]
Marine Protected Zones Needed By 2020
Co-operative in partnership with the Marine Conservation Society
30 per cent of the seas around the UK must become no take Marine Reserves by 2020 if the marine environment is to recover from decades of overfishing and habitat destruction.
That is the view of The Co-operative, which is launching its ‘Marine [...]
Isle of Arran No Take Zone – Lamlash Bay
A new dawn has broken over the troubled waters around the Island of Arran on Saturday; it brought new hope to the islands community for a better future of their marine heritage and environment.
The Scottish Government has created Scotland’s first ‘No-Take Zone’ in Lamlash Bay on the [...]
