Tag: angling industry news

Sunline Joins Fight Against Line Cheats

One of Japan’s top fishing line manufacturers has joined EFTTA’s campaign against line cheats. Sunline, which was founded in 1977 and is a major supplier to its domestic market, has signed up to EFTTA’s Line Charter – a campaign designed to end the practice of wrongly labeled line packaging. The company’s Hiroshi Togi said: “Sunline […]

ECR Group Adopts Fisheries Reform Programme

29th June 2011 — The European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament has adopted its proposals for reform of the Common Fisheries Policy ahead of the unveiling of European Commission plans next month. The declaration was adopted following a debate with UK Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon MP. ECR fisheries coordinator Marek Gróbarczyk MEP and Vice-President […]

Mick Brown Signs For Rapala

Tackle giant Rapala is delighted to announce that it has recently signed a deal to secure top predator angler Mick Brown as its main consultant for the UK.Mick will be the figure head for Rapala UK which includes market leading brands such as Rapala, Storm, Blue Fox and Williamson. His years of experience will enable […]

Northamptonshire Action Group Up And Running

On Tuesday 14th June, angling coaches, club officials, Environment Agency and Council Sports managers launched an Angling Action Group for Northamptonshire at a meeting organised by the Angling Development Board’s Regional Officer James Roche and its national chairman David Moore. This initial meeting saw the group exchange ideas for helping angling clubs grow their membership […]