Sea Angling Voluntary Group (SAVG)

The Sea Angling Voluntary Group (SAVG) provides opportunities for Recreational Sea Anglers (RSA) within local regions to support the Angling Trust as it develops sea angling matters. Regions will reflect those geographically covered by the IFCA’s with a single region covering Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and with a Midlands representation to ensure RSA issues are reflected across the country.

Drawing on expertise from across the Angling Trust and beyond, the SAVG will act to identify and action matters of concerns at a regional and local level to support the RSA community to ensure access for the sport to thrive, ensuring anglers “rights” are protected and will interact with the MAG taking actions from it and raising strategic concerns as necessary. The SAVG will work towards more and bigger fish being available to sea angling, that the environment is protected and improved to provide for better ecosystems to support the fish species of interest to recreational sea anglers, and to support actions and interventions to increase participation and competitions in the sport.

The SAVG is an Angling Trust operational group, reporting to the Head of Campaigns and the CEO, as required. It is managed by the Angling Trust’s Sea Angling Engagement Manager, Grant Jones.

The SAVG does not replace the old Angling Trust Marine regions of Wyvern, Wessex/Isle of Wight and Sussex, which are still operational. It will integrate and strengthen their role insofar as it offers a communications channel to the MAG and the Angling Trust that has not previously existed. The group works closely with the Competitions and Participation Departments within the Angling Trust, who will have representation on it.

Northumberland

Carole Sanderson

Growing up in the North East of England, Carole fished the coastline from a young age. Some time later she discovered the art of fly fishing. At this point she decided to take her coaching qualification in both sea and game angling. Carole wanted to do more and gained her qualification as a coach educator and assessor. Carole is a former England International Fly Angler, but now pass on her knowledge to school groups, teaching them fishing and fly tying. She is also a volunteer bailiff and area coordinator for Northumberland and assist Kevin Woodcock (NE Regional  Enforcement Support Manager) attending patrols and social media events. Carole is a rural crime volunteer for Northumberland Police as well.

North-West England

Brian Pask

Brian has been a lifelong sea angler and he is keen to ensure that our sport thrives both now and in the future. Brian's working career started in construction materials management following undergraduate studies. He later moved into construction project management in Local Government and subsequently progressed to managing a training and development organisation. He completed post graduate management studies whilst working and also trained as a lawyer. Brian has been a member of NWIFCA since 2015, representing recreational sea angling. He fully supports the role of the Angling Trust in its efforts to support and advance the sport of recreational sea angling. He has joined the Regional Voluntary Group to support the delivery of Angling Trust initiatives in his region.

Midlands

Mitch Johnson

Mitch remembers first going fishing with his dad for gudgeon and roach in the river Arrow near Stratford on Avon. He was only about 5yrs old, but the excitement of watching his homemade quill float dip under has never left him. Since then Mitch has enjoyed pretty much every sort of angling there is. Coarse, Game, Boat, Shore for fun and competitively both in the UK and abroad. Living in the Midlands he is surrounded by some of the best commercial fisheries and rivers there are, but his true passion is boat fishing on the sea. Over 35 years ago Mitch set up a club in Birmingham and they still do 12-14 trips a year. He is Secretary of the Revenue and Customs Angling Section and Chair of the Civil Service Angling Council. Both of which enable him to link to a geographically diverse set of anglers of mixed abilities and needs.

Eastern

Mike Watts

Sea fishing for Mike started back in the sixties joining his dad in a local club. Moving to Cambridge and raising a family meant that match fishing went by the way but pleasure fishing carried on. With the family grown up and left home and his basketball day’s behind him, the FPO (fishing permissions officer), my long suffering wife of 35 years, suggested that I took up match fishing again. Mike didn’t need a second suggestion. His closest club being Holt SAC on the north Norfolk coast. Mike has been the club secretary since 2011 and also sits on the SAMF committee.

Kent & Essex

Ray Jeffrey

Ray has been keen sea angler for more than sixty years, he is now in his seventh decade and still enjoys all aspect of the sport; although he must admit that he's now taking longer to walk to the venues and take longer digging and collecting bait! Ray has been involved in all levels of angling and have fished in various parts of the world probably my two favorite places would be the west coast of Ireland and New Zealand. Ray has been involved on the committee with all the major angling clubs on the island and the organization and running of major events such as the Kent Classic with up to six hundred and fifty anglers and the SAMF Masters when hosted by one of our angling clubs. He is keen to help protect and promote our sport whenever possible.

Southern (Wessex & Isle of Wight)

Colin Webb

Colin has a member of the vectis boating and fishing club of Ryde on the Isle of Wight since 1985 as a junior member. He has been the competition secretary and secretary for the club for 22 years. His passion lies with introducing junior anglers and helping junior anglers through the annual four day fishing frenzy event and other events they run through the club. He currently has two club record fish a thornback ray of 15lb 11.5oz and a pout of 3lb 2oz  both caught in the Solent. His biggest passion is to get junior anglers into fishing. Colin has been organising the junior fishing frenzy also for 22 years, and there are now old juniors with their own children fishing up Ryde pier , which makes it all worthwhile.

Southern (Wessex & Isle of Wight)

Rod Giles

Rod is the chair of the Southern Region for the Isle of Wight and Wessex area. Has has been a keen sea angler since the age of 6, both on the shore and beach. Rod mainly fishes from a boat now with Lymington Sea Angling Club. He also fishes in a species league run by Matt Rowe on Piscary from Poole. Rod is a level 2 coach and has been involved with running the junior section for the Kings Arms sea angling club. He currently represents the Southern region on the RVG group which is proving to be very successful in moving forward for the Angling Trust its members and anyone who would like to fish.

Devon & Severn (Wyvern)

Mike Spiller

Mike has nearly always been interested in sea angling in some shape or form. He has lived in Devon all my life and he must say we are spoilt for choice around here. The species we can catch from both the shore and boat is huge and never ending. Mike's passion has changed over the last ten years and he finds boat fishing from charter boats and small boats for different species really enjoyable. Mike is lucky in his area as we have the Lyme Bay Reserve just off our coast, this has made a huge difference. He has been on the Lyme Bay committee nearly from the very beginning back around 2008. Its been a brilliant journey to see our fishing constantly improving year on year. Mike also sits on the Exe Estuary Forum and he is also secretary for his local club in Honiton. Mike has been the Secretary for the Wyvern Regions Angling Trust for many many years. Before this he was heavily involved in the NFSA.

Devon & Severn (Wyvern)

Alex Parker

Alex Parker started sea angling as a youngster at the age of 11years old. He joined the DOESAC (Plymouth) in 1970, which in those days was known as the MPBW (Plymouth) SAC. Since joining at an early age, Alex got involved in committee work and now carries out several committee roles within the club. In 1996 he became chairman of the Wyvern Region of the old NFSA and have held the post ever since. Alex still likes to get a weight wet at least once a week enjoying the great outdoors and the wonderful area in which he lives.

Cornwall

Nick Tops

Exceptionally keen fisherman with conservation at his core, Nick is dedicated to ensuring a sustainable approach to the fishing industry. Nick's mother was a marine biologist and his father a commercial fisherman, which truly helped scope his conservation minded approach being able to see both sides of this debate. Nick started fishing at the age of 8 and has been fortunate enough to be versed in multiple approaches, however it's lure fishing that engages him most these days. Nick has worked within the fishing tackle trade and has a great rapport with our local providers working in hand where he can. He has been very lucky in fishing competitions and absolutely loves the competitive side of this sport and the social life that surrounds it. Nick is based on North Coast and is a member of Tintagel Sea Angling Club. It's high time recreational fishing was seen for the value it is let alone the enormous amount of health benefits which are now finally also recognised.

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