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23 July 2021

Veterans & Masters National 2021 Report

Angling Trust Veterans & Masters National Championships 2021 Drennan Lindholme Lakes Wednesday 2…

22 July 2021

Small Fish Olympics!

With the games underway, Angling Trust Ambassador Dr Mark Everard takes a look at some very differen…

21 July 2021

Take a Friend Fishing 2021

Take a Friend Fishing is back for summer 2021, giving even more people the chance to get out fishing…

20 July 2021

Angling Trust Ladies National Report 2021

Angling Trust Ladies National Championships 2021 Saturday 17th July 2021 Packington Somers, Meriden…

20 July 2021

Angling Trust Anglers with Disabilities National Report 2021

Angling Trust Anglers with Disabilities National Championships 2021 Saturday 17th July 2021 Packingt…

20 July 2021

Positive signs for agricultural pollution enforcement as EA look…

The Angling Trust has been campaigning hard for the Environment Agency to get a grip on the unsustai…

16 July 2021

The Get Fishing Podcast – EP. 2 – Dean…

In Episode 2 of The Get Fishing Podcast, Jimmy Willis chats with Dean Asplin (Angling Develop…

14 July 2021

2020 Youth National winners to compete in new Champions…

Following the postponement and cancellation of angling’s national championships in 2020, the Angling…

14 July 2021

Call for anglers to be vigilant to help protect…

The Angling Trust are asking anglers to be on the lookout for pink salmon and red skin disease in UK…

13 July 2021

Water companies failing to stop pollution with raw sewage…

Water companies continue to fail to cut pollution from raw sewage spills into our rivers and coastal…

Angling Trust

09 July 2021

Guilty! Angling Trust welcomes record fine for polluters Southern…

Today (9th July 2021) His Honour Mr Justice Johnson handed down a £90m fine to Southern Water, after…

07 July 2021

Judge says Government’s promise to report on protected sites…

A Judge at the High Court has ruled that a promise made by the Government in 2015 to provide reports…

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Following a period of postponements caused by the Covid-19 lockdown, our Chief Executive Jamie Cook explains the decisions behind the revised Coarse Fishing Competitions schedule for the remainder of 2020.

The ‘Kings of the Sea’ have returned to the shores of the UK in numbers, but anglers aren’t legally allowed to fish for them. The Angling Trust has joined forces with Bluefin Tuna UK to put that right: we’re campaigning for a live-release recreational bluefin tuna fishery in UK waters.

Youngsters from Polish Catholic schools in the East of England learn all about fishing legally in a fun environment as part of the Angling Trust’s Building Bridges and Nenescape projects.

Other news

The biggest catches: British Record Fish Committee

The British Record (Rod-Caught) Fish Committee recognises and publishes record weights of both fresh and salt water fish caught on rod and line by fair angling methods in the waters of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands.

Gone but not forgotten: tributes to angling friends

With the passing of time, so we lose fishing friends old and new along the way. This section is intended to pay tribute to anglers who have made a remarkable contribution to our sport and who have recently passed on to that ‘great river/lake/sea in the sky’.