Pic: Wiki The American National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has just released the Final Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan, which provides much needed protection for western Atlantic bluefin tuna. Most notably, new seasonal closures will protect western bluefin tuna when they are in the northern Gulf of Mexico—their only […]

The Angling Trust has announced details of its 2015 Sea Angling England Talent Pathway programme and is inviting anglers to apply for a place on the programme now. The programme provides opportunities for young sea anglers to showcase their skills and talent working alongside current England managers and coaches while learning about tactics and techniques […]

Aussie angler Paul Worsteling boated this 98 cm golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) after it crushed the Rapala plug he was trolling in Harvey’s Bay, Australia. After a tough 10 minute fight on spinning tackle, Worsteling was able to subdue the fish enough to bring into the boat, where it was quickly measured, photographed, and released […]

The Angling Trust is proud to welcome the historic announcement this week that trawling for bass during the spawning period has finally been banned as part of emergency measures aimed at averting a total collapse of Europe’s bass stocks. The ban on pelagic trawling – which accounts for 25 per cent of the impact on […]

Trawling for bass during the spawning period has been banned in a historic set of emergency measures aimed at averting a total collapse of Europe’s bass stocks. The ban on pelagic trawling – which accounts for 25 per cent of the impact on the stock and includes the controversial method of pair trawling – will […]

South Wales is the place to be for big cod at the moment, as illustrated by the capture of this 33lb fish from just outside Porthcawl Harbour. The fish was taken by Nick Beale from a private boat. Neal was fishing lugworm, but suspects he probably hooked a whiting which was then snaffled by the […]

Simon Smith was fishing from the shoreline of northern Norway when something big crushed the herring he was fishing on the bottom. After fighting the fish for 40 minutes, Smith was miraculously able to subdue the massive Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) that tipped the scales at 50.5 kg (111 lb 5 oz). If approved, Smith’s […]

Bass Anglers Urged to Flood EU Commissioner with Emails Supporting Emergency Measures to Save Stocks The Angling Trust has begun the New Year battling for bass with a fresh call to anglers urging them to flood the EU Commissioner with emails supporting the call by the UK for emergency measures to save threatened bass stocks. In […]

Veteran angler, angling journalist and broadcaster Sam Harris has been awarded an MBE for his services to the sport in the New Year’s Honours list. He is the first sea angler to receiver the prestigious award and can’t wait to travel to Buckingham Palace to pick up his honour, which will be handed over by […]

Last week’s parliamentary debate on the management of bass stocks saw a remarkable change in tone from the usual debates which, in the past, have been dominated by apologists for commercial over fishing.  Wednesday’s Westminster Hall debate was secured by the Conservative MP George Hollingbery , Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Angling, […]

Pic: Iain Freyett from Dorset Police (l) presents the cheque to Callum Graham (c) and David Graham (r) representing Team England. Dorset Police recently hosted this year’s Police Sport UK sea fishing event at Weymouth fishing an evening match on 11th at Preston Beach and a day match at Abbotsbury and West Bexington (Chesil beach) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]