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ACA 60th anniversary fund raising auction launched today
Friday, May 16th, 2008Starting today, the ACA is launching its special 60th anniversary fund raising auction. Over 140 fantastic lots, generously donated by our supporters, are now available for you to bid for via our website (www.a-c-a.org/2008fa.html) and there are full details in our latest Annual Report, which will be with you in the next week.
There are some […]
Portuguese anglers take steps towards Unity
Monday, May 12th, 2008Portugal has taken a step nearer to creating a single national organisation to represent the interests of the country’s recreational anglers.
Almost 30 of the country’s most important angling representatives – from angling clubs, associations and websites - met on February 23rd to discuss the formation of an official angling body.
And a working group has been […]
Anglers say NO to unregulated canoe access
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Anglers expressed their disappointment that the British Canoe Union is continuing to campaign for unregulated access to rivers when appropriate local agreements are being shown to work. Following an Early Day Motion that went nowhere in 2006, the BCU have now again secured the support of John Grogan, MP for Selby, for yet another […]
Angling all together - NFSA keep members informed
Monday, April 21st, 2008For years Britain’s major recreational angling representative bodies have struggled each on its own, against rising costs. They have had to deal head-on with increasing government interest and action interfering in their task of promoting and protecting their own sections of the sport.
None of them, including our own National Federation of Sea Anglers, could […]
NFA contacts all members regarding Unity developments
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Angling Unity Why? How? When?
Historically, angling has become segmented into several different groups, even within the three main disciplines of coarse, game and sea. This fragmentation has meant that for too long the huge influence that should be exercised by the sheer numbers of anglers has not been realised.
In today’s world the current situation […]
First angling lobbying organisation to become a charity
Friday, April 4th, 2008The Charity Commissioners have now confirmed S&TA’s application to become a charity and, by so doing, acknowledge that all the environmental and other work the organisation has been carrying out on behalf of its members since its founding in 1903 is now done for public benefit.
Paul Knight, S&TA’s Director, declares, “This exciting news means that […]
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN ANGLING UNITY
Friday, March 7th, 2008Chairmen of the major angling bodies in England have taken a major step towards a single unified body to represent all anglers. In a joint statement they said
‘We have agreed that the following bodies intend to wind up their organisations and form a single new organisation to represent all anglers. This will be subject […]
Last Word
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008November ’07
Estimates of the numbers of anglers in the U.K. vary from something between 1 and 4 million people. And yet, despite these numbers and the fact that angling is the largest participant sport in the U.K., contributing a reported £3.5 billion pounds into the economy, the sport itself remains generally unrecognised in the corridors […]