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Covid-19 – Stay Home, Stay Safe The Angling Trust is calling on all anglers to refrain from fishing during the current restrictions and only leave home for the reasons given by the government. Our message to anglers is to stay home, stay safe and help protect the NHS and save lives. For more information on what we are doing and regular updates and support throughout the Covid-19 lockdown we have created a dedicated COVID 19 information hub New campaigns website From fighting for your fishing in Westminster to working with anglers on the ground, the Angling Trust campaigns team is working hard to safeguard the future of angling in the UK. Through our new dedicated website you can keep up-to-date with the latest from the campaign trail and how you can get involved with creating a better tomorrow for angling by supporting our work. Getting kids fishing Congratulations to the Kings Arms Sea Angling Club for celebrating 10 years of getting kids sea fishing through its junior section. Thanks to everyone involved for supporting the juniors and making this possible. Pictured: Junior Champion Jack Thompson, runner up Louie Thompson. Other trophy winners: George Organ, Jackson Organ. Dylan Organ, Ethan Jeffreys and Stanley Fox. Recycle your fishing line Are you recycling your fishing line and spools? There are now hundreds of recycling bins located across the country where anglers can take their unwanted line. And if there's not one convenient to you, there's the option to post it. All the information about how to get involved can be found on the Anglers' National Line Recycling Scheme website. More info New report maps sea angling in England A new report has been published by the Marine Management Organisation mapping sea angling activity throughout England. The high-resolution maps will be used to help inform and provide evidence in the marine planning process. Up until now very little reliable data has been available to support sea angling in the planning process of deciding what activities happen, and where, in English waters. Twelve layers of different data have been produced showing the distribution of recreational sea angling from the shore around the English coast. Sea anglers ARE valuable! A new report on the marine economy of the United Kingdom shows that the marine coastal leisure and recreation sector, including sea angling, is the second largest sector in the marine economy and accounts for the largest number of jobs. Leisure and recreation had previously been undervalued. The new report provides even more evidence to policy makers that fishing isn’t just fun, it’s important too! Read the full report   Still time to read our review Did you read the review of our work for sea anglers in 2019? If not make sure you check it out here. There’s something for everyone with the best of the news and stories from 2019. Specimen Award Scheme: Results for February There has been a variety of fish caught over the past month, with Whiting and Spur Dog still being caught in numbers. Seniors: 80 entries from 13 clubs Winner: Stephen Aldrich from Roving Rods SAC who caught a Whiting of 4lb 6oz, from the shore at Plymouth giving him a percentage of 292% for Area C Juniors: 3 entries from 3 clubs Winner: Joshua Johnson from Rodbenders SAC who caught a Whiting of 1lb 15oz from the shore at Plymouth, which gives a percentage of 194% for Area C As the Angling Trust has stopped all competitions at the moment, no entries for the scheme will be allowed until the present restrictions are over. Matthew and Luke top the chart      February saw Mathew Phillips lead the seniors with 61 species while Luke Bowerman tops the juniors with a five-point lead. February Species Hunt winner was Jason Warne with an 8lb Small Eyed Ray caught at Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight (pictured). The Species Hunt 2019/20 round came to a close on 31st March 2020 as normal to allow anyone who has any catches they haven’t yet submitted to get those in before the final results are announced. As per the Angling Trust statement regarding the current Government advice we ask that you stay home and stay safe to protect others and the NHS. The 2020/21 round opened on 1st April for entries if you would like to register as normal. No packs will be sent out until we have been advised that it is permissible to go fishing again. We don’t accept catches without the Species Hunt Card and thus catches won’t be counted until you receive your packs. To enter from 1st April, please email specieshunt@anglingtrust.net with the following: Full Name Date of birth or Age Postal address Please state if you are a new member and require a Tronixpro tape measure. Thank you for your support this year and we hope to see everyone back fishing soon! Join the Facebook group Follow us on Instagram Covid-19 causes postponement of competitions Because of the spread of Covid-19, some World and Home International Championship events have had to be postponed to later dates. The Championships changed are:   SALC Home Shore Championships for Men, Ladies, Youth & Juniors have been postponed from July 2020 in Weymouth to July 2021. SALC Home Boat Championship has been postponed from June 2020 in Wales to June 2021. FIPS-M World Pairs Shore Championship postponed from March 2020 in Portugal to 7th - 14th November 2020. FIPS-M Long Casting of Sea Weights postponed from Sept/Oct 2020 in Germany to 2021. New date to be advised. FIPS-M World Boat Championship postponed from May 2020 in Belgium. New date to be advised. Fish of the month: Bass April sees anglers around much of the country begin to think about targeting bass more regularly as they move back inshore after spawning. Bass stocks are recovering after reaching critically low levels due to commercial overfishing in 2016. Members of the public fishing recreationally are allowed to keep up to two bass per day over 42cm from April until the end of the year. Bass has become popular due to its firm white flesh and delicate flavour. They can be caught using virtually any method, if you can find them! Check out more on our Fishbook series HERE Stay Home and enjoy the fun! We know you would all prefer to be out fishing rather than following the Stay Home, Stay Safe advice - but the fishing fun need not stop. We’ve created a new website called Fishing Buzz to keep you entertained during the lockdown and help relieve some of the stress and worries we’re all experiencing right now. It’s packed with news, views, tips, videos, advice and more! We’ll be adding new content daily – and if there’s anything you’d particularly like to see just email us at suggestions@fishingbuzz.co.uk

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