The National Governing Body for recreational fishing in the UK – the Angling Trust – is campaigning for angling to become one of the first permitted outdoor activities when ministers review the coronavirus lockdown restrictions on May 7th. Fishing is one of Britain’s most popular pastimes and has long been known to be beneficial to […]
Plan for getting back to fishing from the UK’s angling governing body….
The Angling Trust Great Fishing Prize Draw!
The Great Fishing Prize Draw, supported by Angling Trust Ambassadors, sees the launch of five separate prize draws under the new banner, each with their own amazing fishing experience day as the winning prize. Each prize promises to be a unique opportunity to spend time with some of the UK’s best-known anglers and pick up […]
Minimum fish sizes lifted for recreational anglers by EU…. local bylaws may replace
EU legal minimum sizes for fish species do not apply to recreational fishing after the EU reviewed the Common Fishery Policy’s Technical Conservation Regulation which came into force last week. The new regulation sets, among other things, the legal minimum landing sizes (minimum conservation reference sizes) and minimum mesh sizes for nets for a broad […]
England Strike Triple Gold Glory in the SALC Home Nations Shore Championships
England’s Home Nations Shore teams, Men’s, Youth and Juniors, fished the surf less but usually very surfy beaches of Rossbeigh and Inch in the wonderfully beautiful county of Kerry in Ireland from 3rd – 6th July 2019. The fishing was not as expected due to the exceptionally and pretty unheard of calm conditions, meaning the […]
Tubertini England Home Nations Boat Team win Silver off Weymouth
Tubertini England Home Boat Team took second place honours at the SALC Home Boat International Championship out of Weymouth harbour from 13th to 16th June 2018. Team England consisted of; Gary Geoghegan (fishing/manager), Cliff Newbold, Martin Bobbett, Brett Lomas, John Bellamy, Richard Day, Peter Bailey (reserve) and Cliff Williams (2nd reserve). Team England’s preparations began […]
UK Could Theretically Get Rid of Overfishing Quotas Post-Brexit
There is no denying that the impact of Brexit will be wide-ranging, and it could also potentially affect the fishing industry. The UK is purportedly set to get rid of overfishing quotas, a move that theoretically would benefit UK fishermen but would be detrimental to fish stock, as explained in an article by The Ecologist. […]
England shore angling seniors sixth in South Africa. Spain take gold.
The England Seniors travelled to Langebaan, South Africa to take part in the FIPS-M 36th World Seniors Shore Championship from 8th – 15th February 2019, part of the Sport Fishing World Games. This year’s England team consisted of; Saul Page Richard Yates Darren Newland Ian Dancey Bill Lindfield Gareth Griffiths Malcolm Stote (Manager) This was […]
England Pairs Shore Team just out of the medals in South Africa
The England Pairs Shore Angling Team travelled to Langebaan, South Africa to take part in the FIPS-M 2nd World Pairs Championships from 8th – 15th February 2019. This World Championship saw England just pipped to the podium to finish in 4th place, with Germany taking first place, and South Africa in runner up position just […]
Sea Fish Awards Scheme relaunched by Angling Trust
The popular competition allows individual Angling Trust members and members of Angling Trust clubs to be recognised by the sport’s national representative body, and their fellow anglers, as top specimen sea fish hunters. New for 2019, the scheme now includes a Junior Angler competition and a “Catch & Release” element for fish to be entered […]
Joseph James Law to sponsor England Ladies in South African World Fishing Games
The Angling Trust are delighted to announce that Joseph James Law will once more sponsor the England Ladies Coarse Angling Team this February, as they venture to South Africa to participate in the FIPSed 26thWorld Coarse Angling Championships for Ladies along with many other disciplines in the upcoming World Fishing Games. The competition will take […]
2019 Bass Bag Limit Agreed
Recreational anglers fishing for bass are to be allowed to retain up to one bass per day from April 1st-31st October 2019 after EU fisheries ministers thrashed out an agreement in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It’s a disappointing result for anglers who were campaigning for the bag limit to be increased to three […]
England Men’s World Shore Angling Team bring home Silver Medal from Wales
The England Men’s Angling Team travelled to Llandudno, Wales to take part in the FIPS-M 35th Men’s World Shore Angling Championship from 20th – 27th October. This extremely competitive World Championship ended with a hard-fought silver medal for the England Men’s team. England finished sixteenth out of the eighteen participating countries on day 1, but […]
England’s U16s Junior Shore Anglers finish sixth in the FIPS-M World Championships in Portugal
The U16’s England Junior Team headed to Monte Gordo at the southern end of Portugal just a few miles from the border with Spain, with the matches being held on the 15 miles of beach stretching between Vila Real de Santo Antonio and Manta Rota for the FIPS-M 27th World Shore Championship for U16s (Juniors) […]
Blue fin tuna are back – anglers call for a live-release recreational fishery
This week representatives of the Angling Trust and the campaign group Bluefin Tuna UK met with supportive MPs at the House of Commons to launch a joint campaign to establish a properly regulated, science-based, live-release UK tuna fishery which would be world-leading and would set a new benchmark for how such fisheries should be managed […]
Angling Trust National Teams and Competition Group announces the International Sea Angling Teams for the World Angling Games 2019
The National Teams and Competition Group of the Angling Trust are delighted to announce the International Sea Angling Teams for the World Angling Games in 2019. The World Angling Games will be taking place in Langebaan, Western Cape Province, South Africa from 8th – 15th February. The squads that have been selected at the present […]
