Angling Trust - Sea Angling related news

[Steve S]

 

 

Your club can apply for up to £2,500 to get people fishing - deadline Friday, 8th December     There's still time for clubs and fisheries to apply for grants of up to £2,500 from the Get Fishing Fund to encourage more people to give fishing a go for the first time. Funded from fishing licence sales, the Environment Agency and Angling Trust have announced that £200,000 is available in this latest round of funding. The money could be used to help purchase equipment, fishing tackle and resources to run fishing events and activities to give people the opportunity to get into fishing. Clubs, fisheries and other organisations have until Friday 8th December to apply.     Free advice for your Get Fishing events   For free, professional advice on running fun, safe, friendly Get Fishing events that have safeguarding, a rod licence waiver and publicity in place, please contact your Regional Angling Development Officer.     £154,000 awarded for sea angling facilities     The UK Seafood Scheme Infrastructure Fund has awarded £154,000 of government funding to develop better access and facilities to support recreational sea angling.   Since recreational sea angling was formally recognised as a stakeholder in UK fisheries, the Angling Trust have lobbied the government hard to follow through with their commitments to promote and develop the sport. The three successful projects were: Shoreham Port - awarded over £24,000 to fund the construction of an access path that will connect a car park to the Western Harbour Arm, a popular location for sea fishing. Southport Boat Angling Club - awarded just under £30,000 as part of a project to build their own club house and storage facility. Wigtown Bay Coastal Rowing Club - awarded £100,000 to build a boatshed that will enable sea anglers to maintain and repair their boats, as well as provide access to showers, toilets, and changing facilities.

 

Important update on fish-eating bird licences

 

The Angling Trust understand that many of you may have already received your fish-eating bird licences for the 2023-24 period (admittedly, albeit late), and a good number may be frustratingly still waiting. However, Natural England have reached out to the Angling Trust to inform us that there are at least 30 licences outstanding due to requiring further information from the licence holder before the licence can proceed. They suggest that multiple contact attempts have been made via phone and email to obtain the information, however Natural England has been unable to reach the individuals concerned. Due to GDPR, they are not permitted to provide us with any further information, e.g. name, club or fishery etc. To prompt these customers, we have been asked to issue a notice encouraging our club and fishery contacts to check their emails (including their SPAM folder) for any contact received from Natural England’s wildlife department in the hope that this prompt may capture the outstanding applicants and help move these cases along.   Should you be one of those affected, please respond to Natural England via wildlife@naturalengland.org.uk Alternatively, please contact one of the Angling Trust Fisheries Management Advisors: Richard Bamforth, richard.bamforth@anglingtrust.net or 07904 041518 Jake Davoile, jake.davoile@anglingtrust.net or 07949 703206     Save £££s on DFDS trips to France & Netherlands     DFDS have been voted the world’s leading ferry operator for 12 years in a row  - and now Angling Trust & Fish Legal members can travel to France and the Netherlands at discounted prices!   Whether you are looking to book travel for your fishing trip, holidays for the family or superb mini cruises, our DFDS partnership gives you access to Europe in comfort and style. Generously partnering with us to provide travel for our England teams, the fabulous team at DFDS have also agreed to offer exclusive discounts including: 10% off Dover-France ferry crossings 15% off Newcastle–Amsterdam ferry crossings 10% off Newhaven–Dieppe ferry crossings 33% off special mini cruise from Newcastle–Amsterdam

 

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