The Environment Agency announced that it would be launching a 5-point plan for restoring salmon stocks in the new year which would include actions to:

1.     Improve marine survival
2.     Further reduce exploitation by nets and rods
3.     Remove barriers to migration and enhance habitat
4.     Maximise spawning success by improving water quality
5.     Safeguard sufficient flows

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The Angling Trust win in the judicial review of agricultural pollution

http://www.anglingtrust.net/news.asp?section=29&sectionTitle=Angling+Trust+News&itemid=2830

An extra £200,000 to be spent before the end of March.  Any club or fishery can apply for funding of £5,000 or more.

http://www.anglersmail.co.uk/news/200000-booost-for-angling-59829

You might accidentally break the law!

Read the views of Angling Trust’s  REM for the South East, Gary Lawless in this article in The Anglers Mail

http://www.anglersmail.co.uk/news/squad-start-to-tackle-illegal-fishing-59832