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Bridge temporarily re-opened https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-46617083

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See the lengthy CEFAS Sea Bass survey Welcome to your Christmas Sea Newsletter Fisheries Bill Update The Angling Trust has been in Westminster twice this month giving evidence about sea angling to both the Fisheries Bill Scrutiny Committee and the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. We are leaving no stone unturned to make sure recreational fishing gets its voice heard as the new Bill is developed. Click here to read more Seeing Red Over Diesel A European Court of Justice ruling is banning the UK from allowing recreational vessels from using red diesel for ‘propulsion’. The Angling Trust has written urgently to HMRC explaining the huge and unnecessary cost implications this could have for UK boat anglers. We are currently working with partners to find a solution. Read our letter Licensing Exemption For Recreational Boats In a move to support boat anglers we’ve backed a proposal by the Marine Management Organisation to make recreational vessels exempt from needing a license for the in-water hull cleaning of lightly-fouled vessels. Read our response Sandeel fishing threat We are working hard to kick out an amendment to the Fisheries Bill that could ban anglers and bait companies from fishing for sandeels. The proposal would stop UK fishers fishing commercially for Ammodytes marina but would also ban the small-scale and sustainable fishing for Ammodytes tobianustoo. We are working with Ammo Baits to fight this off on behalf of the bait industry and recreational sea anglers. Ring Netting Consultation Thanks to all those who supported us and submitted a response to the Southern IFCA’s netting consultation. We know many anglers - sea, game and coarse - came together to campaign against the proposals to allow ring netting in the rivers and estuaries of Hampshire and Dorset. BASS NEWS Three Bass Bag Limit In 2019 The Angling Trust is in Brussels this week for the annual Fisheries Negotiations where EU ministers will agree bass fishing measures for 2019. The Trust and BASS are campaigning for a three-fish a day bag limit for seven months in 2019 plus restricting fixed netting to a percentage of their catches. More news to follow over the coming days. Bass Survey Sea Bass Fisheries Conservation UK (SBFC UK) are looking for fishers, both recreational and commercial, across the in England, Ireland and Wales to complete their survey. SBFC UK is a project tasked with gathering data to help improve future sea bass conservation and management. Take the survey Species Hunt News Well done to Ollie Mears and Dylan Hough who are still topping the species hunt leader board this month. Congratulations to Matt Smith too, November's Specimen Winner with a (not so) small-eyed ray! Matt caught the specimen from Minehead on a pulley dropper rig using a whole sandeel for bait. Keep up with the Species Hunt on Facebook Personal Accident insurance and lifejacket offer As the sea gets colder and rougher it’s a good time to remind everyone to wear a lifejacket. Don’t forget, Angling Trust members, and members of member clubs engaged in club activity, benefit from personal accident insurance but must make sure they are wearing a lifejacket. We’ve teamed up with www.lifejackets.co.uk to offer members 10 per cent off the Harveys range of lifejackets. Login to the members’ section of the Angling Trust website to find out how to take up this great offer. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

https://anglingtrust-news.net/3XSU-HY5G-9A2NFPBK77/cr.aspx Survey expires midnight Sunday 16th December so get youir skates on....

Enjoy your day..

Have a great day - don't get you're bum suntanned.

Competition called off Thursday evening due to high winds being forecast..

Acccording to the Echo the company has now gone bust... there's a surprise then... apparently a statement may be released later...

Just what we asked for spur dogs and undulates - thanks for posting Dave

My e-mail Dear Robert Syms, I am dismayed by the draft proposal published by Southern IFCA supposing to tackle the problems netting causes to fish stocks in our area. I concur with the concise views published by the Angling Trust Response from my MP Dear Stuart , thank you for your views many locals agree with you ! Robert Syms MP

https://anglingtrust-news.net/3XSU-HN73-9A2NFPBK77/cr.aspx The committee has already responded to SIFCA re their survey but would urge you to Please feel free to respond as individual recreation sea anglers.

There's another failure by BofP Transport Dept - traffic lights that can't be synchronised - in this day and age - what a travesty.

Enjoy youir day..

It was yesterday Rob...

Twin sails bridge closed indefinitely.....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-46318147

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Best wishes Gary - enjoy the day..

Watch it Jim....😉

16th November 2018 Welcome to your November Sea Newsletter New Fisheries Bill Published The government’s new UK Fisheries Bill was published last month and contains the powers for the Secretary of State to grant financial assistance for the purposes or promotion or development of recreational fishing. However, we are still looking for recreational fishing to be clearly defined as part of the fishing sector. The Bill gets debated in the House of Commons next week. Check out our briefing to MPs here. Read more Angling Trust Pushes For Fair Bass Deal And End To Fixed Net Fiasco Following the publication by the EU Commission of proposal for 2019 the Angling Trust is pushing for an increase in the bag limit for recreational angling following the unjustified ban for most of 2018. The Angling Trust and Save Our Sea Bass are also campaigning for an enforceable end to targeted fixed netting for bass. Read more here Angling Trust Calls For A Live-Release Recreational UK Bluefin Tuna Fishery This month the Angling Trust and Bluefin Tuna UK met with supportive MPs at the House of Commons to launch a joint campaign to establish a properly regulated, science-based, live-release UK tuna fishery which would be world-leading and would set a new benchmark for how such fisheries should be managed worldwide. Find out more here Anglers Called On To Help Provide Intelligence On Illegal Fishing Following on from the BBC Inside Out South programme last month, where commercial fishing was filed taking place in a voluntary no take zone for wrasse, the Angling Trust has called on anglers to help the Southern IFCA by reporting suspicious behaviour or suspected illegal fishing to them. Click here for more information Sussex Marine Region AGM The Angling Trust Sussex Marine Region is holding its annual general meeting on Monday January 21st, 2019. Angling Trust members and club representatives are invited to attend. Start 7.00pm at the Schooner Inn, Albion Street, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4AU Wyvern Region Presentation Evening Wyvern Region clubs and anglers are invited to the presentation evening on Saturday 26th January 2019 at the Royal British Legion, Alphington, 5 Legion Way, Exeter EX2 8TF. The fun starts at 8pm with a guest speakeralong with the presentation of awards. Mears Tops The Board With Big Black Bream It's getting close at the top! Only three points separate 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the Species Hunt competition as we near the end of 2018. Well done to Ollie Mears, this month’s specimen winner, with his 28cm black bream. Ollie caught the bream using a clipped down rig and a ragworm bait. Nice one Ollie! Check out the full results on the Species Hunt Facebook page here 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

Best wishes on your special day Terry..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-46149867/fishermen-rescued-from-capsized-boat

Best wishes Duncan - enjoying a special meal??

Enjoy your special day - work or play. Thanks for all you continue to do for the club.