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Thames Spawning Channel Receives Welcome New Gravel

The Thames Anglers Conservancy and West Thames Fisheries officers joined forces to put seven tons of new gravel into the spawning channel at Penton Hook as part of an ongoing project. New habitat in the Channel Ten volunteers from TACworked … Continue reading

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TAC Newsletter Spring 2012

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Killer Shrimp has been found in the Norfolk Broads

The Angling Trust is calling on the government to start taking bio-security issues far more seriously following news released this morning that the Killer Shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus) has been found in Barton Broad, Norfolk. A Trust spokesman described this news … Continue reading

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Environment Agency asks farmers and water companies to act now in response to drought

Water companies and farmers, as well as businesses and consumers, must take action now to protect water supplies from a prolonged drought, says a new report from the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency’s Drought Prospects report, published today, warns that … Continue reading

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River Cherwell Fish Benefit from Habitat improvements

A recent partnership project involving the Environment Agency, The Wild Trout Trust, Barbel Society in conjunction with local angling clubs and landowners has seen habitat improvements to a 150 metre section of the River Cherwell at Thrupp, Oxfordshire. The stretch … Continue reading

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Environment Agency dealing with ‘significant’ River Lee sewage spill

Environment Agency officers are dealing with the impact of a sewage discharge that has affected the River Lee in the Luton area and the Luton Hoo Lakes. Officers are working hard to prevent pollution spreading into the River Lee downstream … Continue reading

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Illegal fishing net found at Teddington

This week the Environment Agency were alerted to an illegal fishing Trap that was found at Teddington by a vigilant angler.  Environment Agency officer Carl Rasey The net was found by local angler and Thames Anglers Conservancy member Oliver Lacfi … Continue reading

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South West Water fined for Sewage spill

South West Water has been ordered to pay £39,365 in fines and costs for allowing sewage to escape into the River Dart near Galmpton in South Devon. The pollution occured close to a shellfishery. The case was brought by the … Continue reading

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River Hogsmill gets a clean up to improve habitat

Thames Anglers Conservancy members joined forces with the Environment Agency at the start of a habitat improvement scheme along a stretch the River Hogsmill in Surrey.  The Hogsmill is a tributary of the River Thames rising from a chalk spring … Continue reading

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Environment benefits through Enforcement Undertakings

  In the first year since civil sanctions have been available to the Environment Agency, the organisation in the East of England has accepted 14 offers to make donations to environmental charities. The offers have been made under Enforcement Undertakings … Continue reading

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