The Green Party increased their share of the European vote to 12.1 per cent, an increase of 4.2 per cent, and their number of seats to seven. That made the…
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DNA testing to the rescue in battle to beat carp diseases
Three new DNA testing facilities have been installed by the EA fish health team at their Brampton Laboratory in Cambridgeshire. They hope molecular testing will help stop carp edema virus…
Biggest angling region revealed in new Environment Agency figures
Latest sales figures reveal Yorkshire produced an income of £2,100,844 from 120,961 rod licence sales in 2017 to make it the nation’s most important region. The next biggest EA sub-region…
Fishing rod licence facts revealed by Environment Agency
Fishing rod licence sales fell by 130,721 licences for the 2017 season part due to a new licences structure including a three rod option. But it wasn’t all bad news…
Stream goes from amazing 200 lb bags… to unfishable
Paul Gustafson, who wrote How To Catch Big Pike, is furious rod licence money isn’t being used to help clear Abbey Mill Stream in the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It…
Rod licence dodgers hit with £8K bill
At a time when new annual rod licences are being bought in their biggest numbers, by law-abiding anglers, 11 anglers were proved guilty of offences in their absence by Northampton…
Fishing rod licences revealed for 2019 and 2020
The two-rod coarse fishing rod licences are graced by an image of two bream (pictured above). The three-rod specimen licence, now in its second year as an option in England…
Rivers Trust call for urgent action to clean up UK waterways
The Rivers Trust think more needs to be done because an alarming 86 per cent of England’s river aren’t considered be at ‘Good Ecological Status’ within the Water Framework Directive.…
River Close Season review – still time to have YOUR say!
Anglers who want the three-month river Close Season lifted may have to make a strong case now during the consultation. We have a link at the end of this story…
Stream pollution leads to £2 MILLION fine after 146 bullheads die
The company has an annual turnover of over £2 billion and were given a hefty £2 million fine after the stream case came to court. TW were also ordered to…