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Welcome to your August Update Sea Newsletter Save up to 50% on Southampton Boat Show tickets! Don’t miss out on your discount to this year’s Southampton Boat Show - the UK’s biggest and best boating extravaganza and a must for anyone who fishes afloat! Angling Trust members get up to 50 per cent off gate ticket prices. Login here to take advantage of this fantastic offer. Minimum legal size limbo as EU rule change drops recreational fishing Earlier this month the Angling Trust discovered that a recent change to an EU regulation meant that the EU’s Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes (MCRS) -- the minimum size of fish species that can be sold commercially – do not automatically apply to recreational fishing. Some IFCAs have brought in emergency bylaws to correct the situation while others are assessing the situation. In the meantime we are encouraging all anglers to check with their local IFCA and to adhere to any local bylaws. Find out more Do you fish for wrasse in the south of England? We want to know more ... plus chance to win £50 fishing voucher! Vividly coloured, hard-fighting and easily catchable – it’s not hard to understand why wrasse are such a popular target for sea anglers in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall. But how important are they? The Angling Trust has been working with the University of Exeter to develop a short survey to help us understand more about the importance of wrasse to sea anglers. We also want to get a better idea of what you know about the commercial live wrasse fishery, which has sprung up over the last few years to supply cleaner fish to salmon farms in Scotland. By completing the survey, you’ll enter a prize draw to win a £50 voucher for online tackle giant Fishing Megastore! Please take just a few minutes to help contribute to research that will influence the management of wrasse fisheries in the future. Take the survey here Marine Regions survey hits the right buttons Thank you to all our members who completed the Marine Regions survey. We received over 700 responses – an amazing response! Each and every one of which is being analysed and will help us to decide how best to support clubs and individual members through a network of sea angling regions across the country. More details of the survey results will follow. Anglers to support bluefin tagging project Success! Experienced anglers fishing from specially selected ‘support vessels’ will now be able to target bluefin tuna as part of the ThunnusUK bluefin tagging programme this year. The Angling Trust lobbied for anglers’ experience to contribute to the project and support vessels carrying anglers with experience of catching tuna will now be supporting the tagging vessel. Click here for details on how to apply to get involved. In addition, pressure from the Angling Trust has also helped expand the project from England into Wales and now Scotland with tags being provided for bluefin to be tagged in Scottish waters for the first time. Wyvern Region's Junior competition getting children into sea fishing Forty-two kids competed in this year’s Angling Trust Wyvern Marine Region junior match at Plymouth’s Mountbatten Breakwater. The Angling Trust is taking the lead in getting more kids into sea angling like this. Well done to Keaton Hore (pictured) who came first with a cracking 2lb 5oz ballan wrasse! Report & More Pictures Take part in our survey and help to end litter problem We're all increasingly aware of the amount of plastic and other packaging that is being used every day. But how much is entering our waterways? And how is this impacting on your fishing? The Angling Trust has launched a short survey to understand the scale of the litter problem in fresh and marine waters and explore what can be done to help. Take part in survey Find free freshwater family fishing fun Puzzled by the tackle, baits and methods you need for your local pond, river or canal? We can help! Bring your family to a Get Fishing a event and unlock a whole new world of freshwater fishing. We keep things simple and everything you need is included on the day. Just turn up and Get Fishing! Steen's super smoothhound wins monthly Species Hunt prize Winner of the July Species Hunt is Steen Griffiths with this fabulous 105cm Common Smoothhound. Current leader of the Seniors competition is Matthew Phillips with 47 species while Tomos Pendlebury leads the Juniors competition with 25 species. Follow us on Instagram Join the Facebook group Sea angling competitions round-up Angling Trust formally invites applications for the 2020 England Sea Angling squads Marine Team England seek new volunteers National Small Boat Festival Here's a reminder that the Angling Trust’s Wyvern Region will be holding the National Small Boat Angling Championships out of Salcombe in Devon on 7th and 8th September. With a total of £2,000 of prizes to be won it’s the event of the year for small boat anglers! Find out more Species of the month: Blue Shark Blue sharks are summer visitors to the coasts of south west England and Wales. These sleek predators get their name from their metallic blue colour and can grow to over 200lb. Virtually all fish caught by anglers are returned. They are unpleasant to eat but are caught in huge number commercially by longline fisheries in the Bay of Biscay where their fins are sold to the far east. The Angling Trust is working with the Shark Angling Club of Great Britain on a number of shark fishing issues and David Mitchell, the Angling Trust’s Head of Marine, likes to practice what he preaches and caught his first (and one of the smallest!) blue shark fishing from Cornwall this month. The Angling Trust is the united national representative body for all angling in England and Wales. It is united in a collaborative relationship with Fish Legal, a separate membership association that uses the law to protect fish stocks and the rights of its members throughout the UK. Joint membership packages with Fish Legal are available for individuals, clubs, fisheries, riparian owners and other categories. Please find out more. WWW.ANGLINGTRUST.NET

Out with Glen today - steady start - 9am. Decided to try the harbour for the day and moored up off Hamworthy. Straight into small bass and a few black bream. Ballans and a baillons put in an appearance then Glens new spinning rod took on an alarming hoop. Net at the ready to see three scad of around 1lb each coming aboard. That was a surprise. Then it was back to catching small bass interspersed with several gobies. A lovely day out with shelter from the gusty breeze all day.

Well done Jerry - start them young.

Out with Ken with a view to target rays - wrong. Ist stop was off ballard in a 2 knot tide - a littler too much for rays generally - but not for the mini pirannah-like black bream which wrecked every large bait we put down instantly. After a couple of hours we moved to the ray mark and suffered the same consequences - as witnessed by Sparky last Friday. Last resort was to drift for plaice at the training bank - 2 hours later not a sniff from a plaice but for four feisty tubs we eventually had a bend in our rods. A brief drift in ther harbour also blanked. Even the lazy mackerel lines were fishless - no surprise there then..

Planning a trip out with Ken tomorrow - anyone else venturing out?

Lazy start with son Glen. Went to Durley and drifted for plaice, with assorted extras too. Stayed in ther Durtley Bournemouth pier area all day picking up plenty of plaice, a few small ones but plenty of keepers upto 2lb. Glen had a clonking ballan and I spawned a red mullet. On a rig I managed three at various locations on True Blue last Tuesday. Glen also managed a goldsinny for the boat too. Countlress small bream at times. Great to see plenty of club boats out in the fine weather too. As an aside we both had lazy lines out at various times and eventually glen's came up trumps - with a sizeable plaice....

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All the best Steve on your 50th...

Have a good, albeit wet, day.

Lazy start with son and out for livebaits. Three or four caught and then drifted the harbour entrance - eventually the rod hooped over and a bass was on. Not a biggie 44cm 2lb 2oz. That was it for us. Weed became an issue so it was a 3pm finish and a pint.

Sea Dream - Stuie fishing Saturday with son Glen.

See the red diesel survey...... Welcome to your July Sea Newsletter Save up to 50% on Southampton Boat Show tickets! Don’t miss out on your discount to this year’s Southampton Boat Show - the UK’s biggest and best boating extravaganza and a must for anyone who fishes afloat! Angling Trust members get up to 50 per cent off gate ticket prices. Login here to take advantage of this fantastic offer. Angling Trust criticises fishing industry’s disregard for discards and government’s meagre monitoring A House of Lords committee has heavily criticised the government for failing to enforce the EU discard ban which was introduced to end the practice of throwing dead fish back to sea. The Angling Trust is calling on the government to urgently address this situation of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing by the UK fishing fleet which the Trust describes as using and abusing our publicly-owned fish stocks. Read more HERE Angling Trust defends angling reputation in seal death story The Angling Trust wrote to the Metro newspaper earlier this month calling for a correction to an article suggesting anglers were responsible for the fatal shooting of two seals in an Essex estuary despite there being no evidence to suggest anglers were responsible. Read the Angling Trust’s letter to the Metro HERE defending angling’s reputation. Anglers to support tuna tagging in the South West The Angling Trust has helped to successfully ensure that anglers can contribute to the bluefin tuna tagging project this summer and autumn. For the very first time, suitable experienced anglers will be allowed to fish for bluefin in England on a number of boats supporting the tagging vessel led by the project team at the University of Exeter. We’ve also been successful in helping to expand the project to Wales. Read more HERE Experts appointed for Highly Protected Marine Areas review Following on from last month’s news that a review into whether highly protected marine areas were necessary around the UK, a panel of experts has been elected to carry out the review. It includes conservationists, scientists and experts and will be chaired by Angling Trust ambassador, Richard Benyon MP. The Angling Trust will be giving evidence to the review to ensure anglers’ views are heard by the panel. More HERE National Small Boat Festival Here's a reminder that the Angling Trust’s Wyvern Region will be holding the National Small Boat Angling Championships out of Salcombe in Devon on 7th and 8th September. With a total of £2,000 of prizes to be won it’s the event of the year for small boat anglers! Find out more Join the Facebook group Follow us on Instagram Andrew's specimen conger eel wins monthly Species Hunt prize Winner of the May-June Species Hunt 2019-20 is Andrew McGonaghie with a 125cm conger eel caught from Portsalon Pier, County Donegal. The specimen was caught on clipped down, baited with mackerel and fished at distance. It's not too late to get involved. To enter email specieshunt@anglingtrust.net with your full name, postal address, date of birth and contact email address. Please also state if you are a new member. Boat anglers: 8-week consultation on red diesel The government has opened an eight-week consultation on stopping the use of red diesel for propulsion in private leisure craft. It is an issue that will affect boat anglers who currently use red diesel. The Angling Trust will be submitting a formal response but we encourage anyone likely to be impacted to respond to the consultation HERE. Sea angling competitions round-up Triple gold for England at SALC Home Nations Shore Championships Tubertini England Home Nations Boat Team win silver Angling Trust formally invites applications for the 2020 England Sea Angling squads Marine Team England seek new volunteers The Angling Trust is the united national representative body for all angling in England and Wales. It is united in a collaborative relationship with Fish Legal, a separate membership association that uses the law to protect fish stocks and the rights of its members throughout the UK. Joint membership packages with Fish Legal are available for individuals, clubs, fisheries, riparian owners and other categories. Please find out more. WWW.ANGLINGTRUST.NET Angling Trust Limited is a company limited by guarantee, company number 05320350 Angling Trust & Fish Legal, Eastwood House, Rainbow Street, Leominster, HR6 8DQ Telephone: 01568 620447

Enjoy yourselves on your special day.

Went out with Glen at 9am. Plan was to look for rays at the mark. Sadly after 30 minutes of weed upon weed we opted to move. Apart from a small bream to Glen the baits were weeded up almost as we dropped them in. 30 minutes later we dropped the hook again in a calmer weedless Swanage Bay and began to land a series of species. First was a tompot, followed by a rock cook and a number of ballans - biggest 3lb plus. Glen found a sizeable bream and then another. We stayed until 3.30 and had a great time.

Planning to go out with No 1 son..

Dave, I don't think dropping tope by 5lb is necessary. Specimen weights are as they are named 'specimen' and something memorable. Unlike the changes the club asked for with spur dogs and undulates where captures were regularly exceeding specimen weights and nothing memorable.

Enjoy your day,,

That's a huge specimen LSD!!!! Welcome to your June Sea Newsletter Half Price Southampton Boat Show Tickets For Angling Trust Members! Angling Trust members can save up to 50 per cent on tickets to this year’s Southampton Boat Show. Britain’s biggest and best festival of boating will be from September 13th-22nd 2019 and will be packed with boats, kayaks, fish finders and much, much more to excite anglers! Click here to claim your 50% discount off tickets! Have you been involved in science and management of fish stocks? This survey is your chance to tell the government what your experience has been of being involved in fisheries science and management at a local, regional and national level. Brexit provides the opportunity to change this and the survey also considers how you would like to experience participation in future fisheries management. Don’t miss the opportunity to have your say! Click here to complete the survey Take Our Litter Survey! Want to help keep your coasts clear of litter? Have views on the amount of litter in your waters, plastic packaging or fishing line recycling? The Angling Trust has launched a survey to find out your thoughts on litter in our fresh and marine waters and what can be done to help in your area. Take the survey here Bluefin Tuna Tagging 2019 The Thunnus UK bluefin tuna tagging programme details for 2019 have been announced. This year anglers have been invited to volunteer to be involved in the project which has expanded from the south west of England to the Celtic Sea off the Welsh coast. The team plan to tag 30 tuna over the course of the 2019 project which is now in its second season. Highly Protected Marine Areas – New Announcements This month the government announced a review into how and whether highly protected marine areas could be introduced in the seas around England. As the strongest form of marine protection, new Highly Protected Marine Areas could close off specific areas to any human activity with the potential to cause harm. The review is being lead by former Fisheries Minister and Angling Trust ambassador, Richard Benyon MP. The Angling Trust is working hard to ensure sea angling is represented during the review. The Angling Trust supports US-style marine protected areas which encourage recreational use. National Small Boat Festival The Angling Trust’s Wyvern Region will be holding the National Small Boat Angling Championships out of Salcombe in Devon on 7th and 8th September. With a total of £2,000 of prizes to be won it’s the event of the year for small boat anglers. Don’t miss out! Find out more Sussex Family Fishing days Dates for this year’s Shoreham Harbour Family fishing days have been announced. They are: June 30th, July 28th, August 25th, September 22nd. These phenomenally successful free fishing days book up quickly so if you want to get on the free charter boat trips from Shoreham Harbour book your places now. Email: sussexregion@anglingtrustsussexmarine.netCall: Reg Phillips on 07802 165892 for more. Specimen Award Scheme Sussex-based angler Simon Kay of the Specimen Hunters Angling Group, took the top spot in May with a cracking 25lb 8oz conger from the shore at Aldwick giving him a percentage of 170. Joshua Johnson of Rodbenders SAC, caught a 12lb 9oz lesser spotted dogfish from the shore at Plymouth Hoe Foreland giving him a percentage of 146.43 and bagging him May’s Junior Specimen Fish and Fishing Megastore vouchers to spend. For details of how to enter, click here Join the Facebook group Species Hunt 2019-20 - Entries Now Open! Entry is now open for the 2019-20 round of the Saltwater Species Hunt. We've had loads of new entrants this year and it's not too late to get involved. To enter email specieshunt@anglingtrust.net with your full name, postal address, date of birth and contact email address. Please also state if you are a new member. Follow us on Instagram EFTTEX 2019 David Mitchell, our Head of Marine, has been in Brussels this month exploring how the trade and Angling Trust can work together to help improve and protect the future of your fishing. David attended EFTTEX, the European Tackle Trade Association’s annual expo where he met Robin Morley (Daiwa UK) Paul Devlin (Fishing Megastore) and Donna Harris (Bauer Media). Four New British Records Confirmed! Earlier this month the British record Fish Committee accepted four new British sea fish records: Ray Edwards’s shore-caught 8lb 3oz Brill, caught from Chesil Beach Kevin Copeland’s boat-caught 2lb 2oz Almaco Jack, caught from a reef off Milford Haven Jeff Fisk’s 214g Derbio caught from Chesil Beach Gary Mitchell’s 23lb 2oz Spurdog caught from a South Devon shore mark. Read more here *** Species of the month: black bream *** Black bream are a summer visitor to the UK and as well as looking great and fighting hard, they also taste great too! The firm, white, mild, flesh, similar to bass, works well baked, grilled or barbequed whole. Black bream have small mouths and small hooks baited with squid or ragworm baits work well. Only take what you need for a meal. Stocks are not assessed but are considered to be vulnerable to overfishing due to nests of eggs being guarded by males after spawning. Check locally for minimum sizes and any other management measures. The Angling Trust is the united national representative body for all angling in England and Wales. It is united in a collaborative relationship with Fish Legal, a separate membership association that uses the law to protect fish stocks and the rights of its members throughout the UK. Joint membership packages with Fish Legal are available for individuals, clubs, fisheries, riparian owners and other categories. Please find out more. WWW.ANGLINGTRUST.NET

Afloat for a while? - enjoy your day..

Cant do this as will be in Alderney - 4 day trip....

I hope you're celebrating.

Non member Ken was a revelation today - boated 4 plaice - biggest 1lb 8oz, My largest 14 oz.

Sea Dream - Stuie & non member Ken

Don't lose hope Neal, it will all come right in the end. Good luck.

Enjoy your special day.