Angling Trust

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[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

British farmed salmon to lose organic certification over welfare and environmental concerns.
The @SoilAssociation will stop certifying British farmed salmon as organic, with its logo disappearing from products by the end of 2027.

The decision follows a two-year review which found insufficient evidence that organic standards were delivering acceptable fish welfare and environmental outcomes.
This raises serious questions about the sustainability of salmon farming and its impact on the marine environment.

The Angling Trust believes fish welfare, healthy marine ecosystems and the protection of wild fish populations must be central to how the industry is regulated and held accountable. Read the full report in @thetimes ⬇️

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

British salmon stripped of organic status https://t.co/qehGvbAs79

[Llyn Brenig @LlynBrenig]

🎄🎣 Fancy a festive challenge? Join us for the Llyn Brenig Christmas Fishing Competition on Monday 28 December!
👉 https://t.co/n7v40GrnA5

🎄🎣 Cynhelir Cystadleuaeth Pysgota Llyn Brenig dydd Llun, 28 Rhagfyr.
👉 https://t.co/QpJz5qIMeT

[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

🌊 Peppers growing beside the River Tweed? There's a serious story behind them.
This powerful article highlights why environmental laws matter, and the crucial role @FishLegal_ ' case forced water companies to release information about sewage discharges.
Now, proposals to withdraw from the ‘Aarhus Convention’ could weaken access to environmental information and challenges to unlawful decisions.
Protecting our rivers means protecting our right to hold polluters to account.
Read the article 👇
https://t.co/D7Quit0HLT

#FishLegal #AnglingTrust #AnglersAgainstPollution

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

Conservative plans to withdraw from Aarhus Convention come under attack in of all places, the Daily Telegraph. Aarhus is the reason we all found about about the sewage scandal! River polluters will love this. cc @Feargal_Sharkey https://t.co/MG3Bu93Q6c

[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

🌊 Peppers growing beside the River Tweed? There's a serious story behind them.
This powerful article highlights why environmental laws matter, and the crucial role @FishLegal_ ' case forced water companies to release information about sewage discharges.
Now, proposals to withdraw from the ‘Aarhus Convention’ could weaken access to environmental information and challenges to unlawful decisions.
Protecting our rivers means protecting our right to hold polluters to account.
Read the article 👇
https://t.co/D7Quit0HLT

#FishLegal #AnglingTrust #AnglersAgainstPollution

[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

2.6 billion litres lost to leakage every day. Effectively no improvement in a year.

Today’s water industry reports show serious pollution incidents and leakage reduction barely changed, while treatment works’ permit compliance worsened.

After a summer of severe drought, our waters deserve better.

Mark Owen, our Head of Fisheries, said: “Promises and investment announcements mean little without results.”

Read our response: https://t.co/rmu8PjnsGQ

(Pictures of the dry riverbed on the Pang chalk stream at Bucklebury Berks.)

[Fishing In Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢��󠁬󠁳󠁿 @WalesFishing]

NEW BLOG: Specimen Pike from the Big Waters of Wales!

Find out more:
https://t.co/iKqX6sTl5C

#fishinginwales #pikefishing

[Pete Devery @Petex70]

7 miles “downstream” of the “source” of the “River” Pang at Bucklebury “Ford”, not even a puddle.
Meanwhile Thames Water has leaked 51+ BILLION litres since hosepipe ban started, 570+ million litres/day, that’s almost 10x daily average flow of the Pang. #chalkstream #flyfishing

[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

💧 With 11 areas of England still in drought and many rivers in low flow, the Angling Trust is backing tougher restrictions on non-essential water use.

Speaking to The Guardian, our Head of Fisheries, Mark Owen, said:

“When rivers and fish are suffering from the ongoing effects of a severe drought, the Angling Trust supports further restrictions on non-essential water use, alongside urgent action to reduce huge leakage from water companies and unsustainable abstraction from rivers.”

Reducing unnecessary water use is essential, but so is tackling leakage and protecting the rivers and wildlife already suffering from this prolonged drought.

Read the full story: https://t.co/PWnoHzqx9F

[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

💧 With 11 areas of England still in drought and many rivers in low flow, the Angling Trust is backing tougher restrictions on non-essential water use.

Speaking to The Guardian, our Head of Fisheries, Mark Owen, said:

“When rivers and fish are suffering from the ongoing effects of a severe drought, the Angling Trust supports further restrictions on non-essential water use, alongside urgent action to reduce huge leakage from water companies and unsustainable abstraction from rivers.”

Reducing unnecessary water use is essential, but so is tackling leakage and protecting the rivers and wildlife already suffering from this prolonged drought.

Read the full story: https://t.co/PWnoHzqx9F

[Trout & Salmon @TroutSalmonUK]

More than 1,000 salmon a year die in the UK mackerel fishery alone, and nobody has been required to count them. Hannah Rudd of the Angling Trust on the fish we are losing at sea. https://t.co/Oto6DPyQFa

[BENEATH BRITISH WATERS Our Freshwater Planet @UnderwaterMedia]

Filming into the early hours to witness the iconic glass eel migration was a dream experience. Seeing them beneath ultra-violet light was extraordinary. We return in 2027 to capture much more. Yet barriers claim many lives. More must be done. Driven by instinct. Dying in silence

[Trout & Salmon @TroutSalmonUK]

The Environment Agency will take until the end of 2028 to decide whether the Wye needs a Water Protection Zone. Fish Legal calls it “outrageous”. https://t.co/VGia6Y7K1r

[Fishing Family UK @fishingfamilyuk]

Nothing winds us up more than walking into a peg to find someone else’s rubbish! Take your litter home, and don’t forget about the scheme to recycle your old line!

Take your kids fishing, make it fun ✌️

#fishing #fishingfamily #fishingkids #hindersbait #fishinglife

[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

. @FishLegal_ criticises the EA’s 2028 River Wye assessment deadline after a decade of legal action.
That would be 13 years from the binding 2015 commitment just to decide whether to seek stronger controls.
The Wye needs action now.
Read more: https://t.co/27qf8ydSGl

[Trout & Salmon @TroutSalmonUK]

Where do the salmon caught in offshore nets go?

Hannah Rudd of the Angling Trust examines salmon and sea-trout lost as bycatch, with more than 1,000 salmon a year estimated in the UK mackerel fishery alone. She looks at what needs to change.

Full story: https://t.co/Oto6DPyQFa

[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

After 23 years, two Judicial Reviews and a landmark Court of Appeal ruling, @FishLegal_ says the Government has still failed to produce a lawful plan to restore Yorkshire’s polluted Costa Beck.
Fish Legal is now considering an exceptional third Judicial Review.
This matters for failing rivers and lakes across England.
Read more: https://t.co/POt5EpHJ13

[Angling Trust @AnglingTrust]

Jeremy Wade has signed. Have you?
Angling Trust Ambassador Jeremy Wade is supporting the call for a change in the way our water industry is run.
The petition for a referendum on bringing the water industry into public ownership has already attracted more than 200,000 signatures and was debated in Parliament yesterday. But it is still open until 1st October.
For anglers, healthy rivers, lakes and seas are not optional. We need a water system that puts clean water first, not profit.
If you fish, please sign the petition and share it with your fishing mates, clubs and communities. Let's see if we can get the petition over a quarter of a million. Sign and share the petition: https://t.co/FdIiGvVpzl
H₂O, not POO. #AnglersAgainstPollution

[MS Angling & Education 🎣 @MSmed4]

Our ‘Fishing Therapy’ sessions are available weekly & it’s absolutely fantastic to continue to support others from our local community, who have recently been referred into our sessions from the NHS. A huge thanks to @BPRCVS @burnleycouncil @LSCICB @AnglingTrust for your support.

[Calverton Fish Farm @FishFarmEA]

This weekend we are at the Baden hall fishing show!
Make sure to visit our stand and meet the team 👍