The Angling Trust has this week urged anglers to flood MPs’ offices with thousands of letters and emails pressing parliamentarians to raise the bass conservation issues with the Fisheries Ministers in both Westminster and the Welsh Assembly Government. A template letter to MPs has been prepared alongside a new, political Fishing Lines briefing which includes […]
Email to save our British bass
Irish Skate Record Returned
A common skate that would have set a new Irish record has been boated and released off Donegal Bay. Billy Wallace was fishing aboard the charter boat Kiwi Girl when the big fish – which weighed in at 225lb – took his bait. The skate was measured at 89in long with a 72in wingspan and […]
Government action needed over bass stocks
The Angling Trust has written to UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice calling on him to introduce a series of conservation measures to protect UK bass stocks in the face of the latest scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), which has recommended a staggering 80 per cent cut in […]
Two hour battle with 220lb grouper!!
Two Austrialian anglers took over two hours to tame a 100kg (220lb) grouper they hooked off Queensland, landing it over a kilometre from where they first hooked it! The Herald Sun reported that over 100 people watched the drama enfold off Hervey Bay, as Dylan Brooking and Chad Runnalls battled with the giant fish. ‘We fish every […]
Marine Protected Areas A Big Win For Scottish Anglers
Years of lobbying by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) and data gathering by volunteer sea anglers to argue the case for a Marine Protected Area (MPA) to help preserve stocks of common skate in Scottish waters have been rewarded by the Scottish Government announcing the Loch Sunart Marine Protected Area (MPA). The common […]
Halibut Over IGFA World Record Caught Off Alaska
This giant of a halibut weighing 482lb has been landed on rod and line off the Alaskan port or Gustavus at the mouth of Glacier Bay, but the captor won’t be able to claim a world record because a harpoon was used to help land it. The fish, thought to be the biggest caught in […]
Shore Fishing Home International Results
The Scottish Federation of Sea Angling hosted the Home International Shore Angling Championships from 3rd – 6th July 2013 for the Juniors, Youth, Ladies and Men’s teams. The Championship was held on the Angus coast and River Tay estuary on the East coast of Scotland with some fantastic results recorded. Putting in a magnificent performance […]
Sharks: No Limits? No Future!
Pic: Wiki Shark Trust Patron and wildlife presenter Steve Backshall and UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice will be presenting their views on uncontrolled shark fisheries today at a series of Shark Trust No Limits? campaign events – part of SEA LIFE London Aquarium’s annual Ocean of Stars. Shark fishing is big business in Europe, with […]
‘Huge improvement’ in saltwater fish stocks
The European Commission has today published its annual consultation paper on the state of fish stocks and the preparation for setting fish quotas for 2015. This is the first fishing opportunities consultation paper since the reform of the CFP, whose new rules will cause upheaval for the sector and may involve changes to the total […]
Deep Sea Atlantic Species Given Protection
The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission, or NEAFC, this week has adopted stronger regulations for the management of deep-sea fisheries and the conservation of deep-sea species and habitats in the North East Atlantic. NEAFC is a regional treaty organization established to manage high seas fisheries in the North East Atlantic Ocean. The new regulation is […]
Live Ribbon Fish Found On Yorkshire Beach
A three foot ‘deal fish’ found washed up at Hornsea Beach in Yorkshire is just a baby as the species can grow to over 8ft long. The fish was found by local resident Allan Dougal, who was able to revive it before allowing it to swim off apparently none the worse for wear.”After clearing its […]
Give Sea Fish A Change
National sea angling organisations and NGOs from around the UK have come together to develop common policies regarding the threats and problems facing sea fish and sea angling around the waters of the UK. The initiative, to be known as Give Fish A Chance, will provide common sense advice on how anglers can contribute to […]
Three hour fight with monster bluefin tuna
Kiwi angler Donna Pascoe may have set the new IGFA All-Tackle world record for Pacific bluefin tuna – a 411.6 kg (907 lb 6 oz) giant that exceeds the current IGFA record by nearly 60 kg (132lb 2oz)! Pascoe was fishing aboard the Gladiator with Capt. Scott Sutherland off Three Kings, New Zealand, when the […]
Kaneko’s Buri Sets Line Class Best
Japanese angler Shin Kaneko needed 10 minutes to subdue a potential record buri (Japanese amberjack) (Seriola quinqueradiata) he caught while jigging off Iki, Japan with Capt. Motoshi Kaneko. Back at the docks, Kaneko’s buri tipped the scales at 20.18 kg (44 lb 8 oz) – heavy enough to claim the men’s 24 kg (50 lb) […]
Kiwi Snapper Is All Tackle Length Best
Kiwi angler Rex Harrison caught the potential new All-Tackle Length record snapper (squirefish) (Pagrus auratus) – a 78 cm trophy – while fishing cut skipjack tuna off the coast of Cape Brett, New Zealand with IGFA Representative Scott Tindale. Harrison needed only five minutes to subdue the potential record, which was quickly released after being […]
