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Rob Hughes YouTube Fishmark Video — Get Fishing Accreditation

30 November 2020

2 Minute Watch: Rob Hughes explains Fishmark in YouTube…

Why should your club or fishery get its Fishmark Certificate? Here, carp fishing legend and fishing…

29 November 2020

9 things you need to know about Fishmark, the…

We asked James Roche, one of our Partnership Development Managers, why you should forward this page…

25 November 2020

Former top detective to lead Angling Trust’s fisheries enforcement…

A former police officer with over 30 years’ experience in the force has been appointed National Enfo…

25 November 2020

Angling and the Government’s Winter Covid Plan

What it means for angling The Angling Trust has now had an opportunity to consider the government’s…

24 November 2020

Sad passing of volunteer bailiff Ted Pocock, excellence award…

The Angling Trust are sad to report the passing of volunteer bailiff Neil ‘Ted’ Pocock, who received…

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22 November 2020

Clubs and Fisheries: Read what Angling Trust CEO Jamie…

Angling Trust CEO Jamie Cook explains why it’s important – but simple – for coarse…

17 November 2020

Anglers Needed to Fight the Plastic Tide

It’s no secret that plastic is suffocating our seas. From tiny microplastics invisible to the naked…

16 November 2020

AT-TEFF Announce Peter Scholes as Rivers National Coordinator

The AT-TEFF are pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Scholes as AT TEFF Rivers National Coor…

16 November 2020

Government rejects plea to add cormorants to the General…

Once again, government ministers have failed to approve proposals that would help control cormorant…

12 November 2020

Take part in our online invasive species survey

Invasive non-native species are increasingly present in our waters causing significant impacts on ou…

11 November 2020

Fish Legal forces Environment Agency to back down over…

Anglers can today celebrate winning the first round in their battle to save an important bream spawn…

11 November 2020

Midlands angling club warned it could lose fishing rights…

Angling Trust boss warns against ‘irresponsible actions’ that puts fishing at risk An angling club h…

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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’.