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£250,000 worth of carp are seized and destroyed at Dover

Angling Times, 10 March 2010 12:00

The biggest-ever illegal shipment of smuggled carp worth a staggering £250,000 has been seized at Dover by UK authorities. In the early hours of Friday, February 26, a Volvo FH12 lorry was searched by Border Agency officers and 120 carp weighing between 25lb and 50lb were discovered in four oxygen-fed containers. All the French carp were confiscate and destroyed by ...

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£250,000 worth of carp are seized and destroyed at Dover

Angling Times,
10 March 2010 12:00

Environment Agency finally shows its teeth to fish smugglers

Steve Partner, 09 March 2010 16:41

Last week their concerns were limited to little more than how many anglers were coming through the door. Now, though, their very existence could be on the line. A few of the nation’s thousands of fishery owners, I wouldn’t mind betting, are sitting slightly less easily than they were a few days ago. Why? Because the Environment Agency - the much ...

Keith Arthur - Hyped £50,000 match goes up in flames

Keith Arthur, 09 March 2010 15:03

Well, it came in a blaze of publicity, carrying a ‘guaranteed, even if only three people enter’ £50k first prize and now ABC Fishing Club, aka Willis Worms match has died on its behind. The money is: ‘ring fenced and guaranteed by someone who spends more than that on his kids’ school fees each year.’ The club itself was as ...

Farm company fined for trout deaths

Trout Fisherman, 09 March 2010 14:41

A Hereford farm company must pay £1,848 in fines and costs after waste water escaping into a Devon stream led to the deaths of dozens of fish. Environment Agency officers were alerted to a pollution incident in the the River Dalch last summer and discovered a number of dead fish, mainly brown trout and bullheads, in the river at Crediton. ...

Welsh Fly Fair comes to Pontardawe

Trout and Salmon, 09 March 2010 14:33

THE RAPIDLY growing Welsh Fly Fair will take place this year on April 3 and promises a host of big names in the fly-tying and game-fishing world. It is also known as the Fisherman’s Fair and this gives a clue to its broader scope. In the featured fly tying theatre – with large screen for detailed viewing – will be ...

Win tackle or cash in the new Angling Lottery prize draw

Angling Times, 09 March 2010 11:32

Angling is set to launch its on national lottery thanks to a free new competition that sees fishermen play heir rod licence numbers. The Angling Lottery gives anglers the chance to get their hands on weekly prizes by checking their unique reference numbers printed on the reverse of their permit against the 500 winners printed in Angling Times every week. ...

'Extinct' caddisfly found in Scotland

Trout and Salmon, 08 March 2010 11:29

A caddisfly last seen in Britain in 1881 has turned up in Scotland. The tiny insect was discovered by David Pryce, one of the co-ordinators of the Riverfly Recording Schemes. It was found beside a river in Assynt, in north west Scotland while David was undertaking field work for his PhD at the University of Stirling. The Riverfly Recording Schemes ...

Dorset poacher fined for River Axe trout haul

Trout Fisherman, 04 March 2010 16:43

It’s not quite ‘straight to bed with no supper’ but it’s not far off for Lyme Regis trout poacher Vincent O’Brien. He has been given a three-month curfew and ordered to pay £250 after being caught with trout worth hundreds of pounds taken from the River Axe. Environment Agency officers watched O’Brien, 47, and an accomplice use an inflatable dinghy ...

Environment Agency publish rod fishing licence costs for 2010

Gofishing.co.uk, 04 March 2010 16:03

The Environment Agency today announced that another £25 million from anglers’ licences will be ploughed back into improving fisheries this year. Last year sales of rod licences broke records and similar sales are expected in 2010. All money raised by rod licence sales goes straight back into the sport. This enables the Environment Agency to carry out work such as ...

Keith Arthur: Don't buy pirate angling DVDs

Keith Arthur, 04 March 2010 07:00

When I was in Key West, a wall plaque in the little cottage I stayed in advertised a local bar called ‘The Rum Barrel’. Their logo is: ‘Pirates, Passion, Plunder’. For the first week I thought it said: ‘Pirates, Passion and a Plumber’! Well, it is Key West. But on a more serious note, I am not in the least ...

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