Natural England’s Marine Director, James Marsden, took a crash course in sea angling on July 28th when he took to the Blackwater estuary in Essex for a day’s charter boat fishing with the Angling Trust. Mr Marsden, who is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) project in England, joined a [...]
Dear All, I have recently been appointed as the Flamborough Head Project Officer, taking over from Leanne Stockdale, so would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you, as members of the Flamborough Fisheries Liaison Group. It has been brought to my attention that there is some confusion, surrounding the current status of [...]
Have a say in the future of our seas Kayakers and canoeists across England are being urged to have their say about the future of the seas and marine life before it’s too late.They have until Autumn 2010 to come forward and share their information and observations about the areas of sea they use, so [...]
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 he [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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