Category Archives: News

Martin Salter – Looking back on a good year

Posted on 26/12/2013 by Admin

Martin Salter looks back at his year with the Angling Trust, some remarkable fishing trips and more. Fighting For Fishing Blog

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Environment Agency West Thames Fisheries and Biodiversity Project Summary 2012/13

Posted on 26/12/2013 by Admin
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Environment Agency South East Annual Fisheries Report 2012/13

Posted on 26/12/2013 by Admin
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Judgment paves the way for Water Companies Dirty Secrets to be Exposed

Posted on 20/12/2013 by Admin

The public’s ‘right to know’ what gets dumped into our rivers received a welcome boost this week when the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment on important questions of EU law related to public access to … Continue reading →

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Anglian Water Fined after poorly treated sewage effluent discharged into sea

Posted on 17/12/2013 by Admin

Anglian Water Services Ltd has been fined after discharging poorly treated sewage effluent into the North Sea on two occasions last year. The incidents took place at the Clacton (Holland Haven) Sewage Treatment Works, Essex. Anglian Water holds an environmental … Continue reading →

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Farm fined a total of £37,000 for persistent pollution

Posted on 13/12/2013 by Admin

​Yesterday, 12 December 2013, A&A Rodenhurst Ltd of Wadborough was sentenced at Worcester Magistrates’ Court to four charges relating to the repeated pollution of a local watercourse bordering their premises at Wadborough Park Farm, Worcestershire. The company was also sentenced to … Continue reading →

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Fisheries Minister urged to ‘Give Fish a Chance’

Posted on 11/12/2013 by Admin

Angling Trust urges new Fisheries Minister to ‘Give Fish a Chance’ The Angling Trust, at its first meeting with the new Fisheries Minister George Eustice on Monday 8th December, urged him to implement conservation measures and to manage more of … Continue reading →

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Water company fined £58k for discharging sewage into Tamar estuary

Posted on 09/12/2013 by Admin

South West Water has been ordered to pay £58,375 in fines and costs for discharging sewage into a tributary of the Tamar estuary. The case was brought by the Environment Agency. ​ The offences were committed at the company’s Camels … Continue reading →

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Sainsburys admit ‘British’ Eels were from New Zealand

Posted on 27/11/2013 by Admin

(picture: Angling Trust) The Chief Executive of Sainsbury’s, Justin King CBE, has written to the Angling Trust admitting that jellied eels sold in his supermarkets are not in fact from the British Isles, as they were marketed, but are in … Continue reading →

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Farmers, anglers and landowners unite behind sustainable access campaign in Wales

Posted on 27/11/2013 by Admin

A broad-based coalition has been launched today with a website at www.accesscymru.org to campaign for locally-managed access to the Welsh countryside and rivers to ensure that it is sustainable and does not impact on legitimate and economically-important activities such as … Continue reading →

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