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Birmingham Angling Association bans live baiting and fish removal

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Gofishing.co.uk,
16 March 2010 14:51

The nation's largest fishing club - Birmingham Angling Association - has banned live baiting and also introduced new catch-and-release rules covering all fish except zander. The BAA's change in rules coincide with the new Environment Agency byelaws governing fish removal which come into force in April. For more details on this story and the new byelaws read this week's Angling Times, out ...

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Catfish, sturgeon, zander and grass carp under threat

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Angling Times, 03 March 2010 13:00

Some of Britain’s most popular big-fish species face an uncertain future under a Government clampdown on non-native stocks. It has been revealed this week that a long list of stillwaters containing cats, sturgeon, grass carp and zander are coming under scrutiny as authorities look to rid fisheries of illegally-introduced fish. Current laws say that any venue wishing to stock these ...

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"Banning foreigners has worked" states fishery boss

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Angling Times, 02 March 2010 21:34

One year after controversially banning all foreign anglers from entering his venue, an outspoken fishery boss has this week insisted “I was justified in doing so - the results speak for themselves.” After suffering horrific poaching problems at his Grimsby complex, Tony Booth announced in early 2009 that all migrants would be prohibited from angling at Trentside Fishery. The contentious decision ...

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Gardeners could be fishing's newest allies

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Gofishing.co.uk, 25 February 2010 09:44

Draw up a list of reasons for wildlife extinction and you’ll surprise no-one by naming poachers, pollution or global warming. Careless fishpond maintenance, on the other hand, could raise some eyebrows, yet that very problem is behind a campaign to encourage Britain's gardeners to help in the war against invasive water plants which threaten Britain's waterways. Floating pennywort, New Zealand ...

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Hayfield promises to be the best commercial fishery in the UK

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Angling Times, 23 February 2010 12:08

“I’m going to turn Hayfield Lakes into the country’s ultimate fishery.” That’s the promise of former Fish O’Mania champion Rob Hitchens, who has just taken over the lease at the popular Doncaster complex and has high hopes of it once again staging the final of the £25,000 televised winner-takes-all event. Rob plans to leave no stone unturned in his quest ...

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Commercial carp set to be swimming in blue water this summer

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Angling Times, 23 February 2010 11:41

It’s bright, it’s blue, and it could be coming to a venue near you this summer. A radical dye, which is being heralded as a miracle cure for excessive weed growth and fish-killing algal blooms, is set to become an increasingly common sight at commercial carp and mixed species fisheries. This follows the Government’s decision to ban more conventional weedkillers ...

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40lb 8oz pike tops haul of fifteen 30lb-plus fish

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Angling Times, 16 February 2010 12:15

Is Chew Valley the best pike fishing venue of all time? That’s the question being asked this week after anglers landed fifteen 30lb-plus pike, topped by a 40lb 8oz specimen, in just seven days’ fishing. The 1,200-acre Somerset venue continues to confound predator enthusiasts and defy previous experiences at trout waters, where catches of big pike usually peak before tailing ...

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Spanish catfish cull on the cards

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Angling Times, 02 February 2010 16:08

The River Ebro’s prized catfish and carp stocks could soon be subjected to a contentious culling programme, Angling Times can reveal. Rumours are rife among local guiding services that the Spanish government is planning to deploy over 100km of nets throughout the upper reaches of the river around La Granja d’Escarp with the aim of removing all species deemed ‘non-indigenous’ ...

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New rules to stop predator 'circus'

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Angling Times, 27 January 2010 10:29

The owners of Britain’s best big pike day-ticket water have introduced a raft of strict new rules in an attempt to stop its huge predators being hounded to death by irresponsible anglers. Boddington Reservoir, in Northants, came under enormous pressure last year following Steve Davis’ capture of a 40lb 10oz pike in February, with anglers travelling from far and wide ...

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Vote for your favourite British coarse fishery and win great prizes

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Improve Your Coarse Fishing, 25 January 2010 14:40

If you've ever complained that your local coarse fishing venues don’t feature in the pages of Improve Your Coarse Fishing magazine, now’s your chance to put that right – we want YOUR help to find the nation’s Top 50 coarse fisheries. With thousands of venues dotted across the country, naming the best 50 is a job for the Improve Your Coarse Fishing readership ...

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