Tag Archives: Fish Legal

Fish Legal Wins Historic Judgment to Prevent Water Industry Hiding its Dirty Secrets

The environmental and angling organisation, Fish Legal, has won a major victory in a groundbreaking case against Yorkshire Water Services Ltd and United Utilities Plc, which was the culmination of a six year legal campaign for greater transparency within the … Continue reading

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Angling Trust launches new coaching licence to safeguard kids

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The Traditional River Close Season, time for Change?

The river close season always sparks debate as to whether it is still fir for purpose, actually benefits our rivers, or is just an antiquated rule that should be removed?   The Angling Trust has set up a page with … Continue reading

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Judgment paves the way for Water Companies Dirty Secrets to be Exposed

The public’s ‘right to know’ what gets dumped into our rivers received a welcome boost this week when the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment on important questions of EU law related to public access to … Continue reading

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Angling Trust begins ambitious programme to get more people fishing

This month the Angling Trust begins an ambitious four year programme of work to get more people fishing and need the support of fisheries, clubs, coaches and volunteers to help make this a success. From the Angling Trust, how you … Continue reading

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Hydropower scheme stopped in Historic legal case by Anglers

Fish Legal has won an historic injunction against a multi-million pound hydropower development on the River Trent at Sawley Weir, in the process exposing major failings in the regulatory process. The membership association Fish Legal, acting for its member the … Continue reading

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Fish Legal win battle in 3 year war for water industry transparency

The Angling Trust's legal arm Fish Legal has won an important victory in its campaign to make England and Wales' biggest polluters come clean about what they put into our rivers, lakes and seas, as well as what they pump … Continue reading

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Martin Salter joins the Angling Trust

Big names from the worlds of fishing and politics have this week welcomed the appointment of former parliamentary angling spokesman Martin Salter as the new National Campaigns Coordinator for the Angling Trust. Martin, who stood down from the House of … Continue reading

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Firm ordered to pay £10,000 after River Quaggy Pollution

Lewisham company charged for causing acid leak into a stream. The Environment Agency has prosecuted Streamline Environmental Services for causing hydrochloric acid  to leak into a stream. Streamline Environmental Services of Brownhill Road, Lewisham appeared at Greenwich Magistrates’ Court on … Continue reading

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David Walliams’s Thames swim: it will take a super-sewer to get London out of this mess

If I were not so infernally busy, I think I would go to the banks of the Thames and cheer for David Walliams as he continues his epic downriver migration – like a lost whale or some vast confused salmon … Continue reading

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