Welcome to the Fisheries Accreditation Scheme

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Green groups call for mercury labelling of fish
Environmental NGOs have called for fish and seafood products to carry labels indicating their level of mercury content, claiming that eating fish can be "hazardous".

SALTER TO STAND DOWN AT NEXT ELECTION BUT PLEDGES TO KEEP ON FIGHTING FOR ANGLING
This week Labour’s Angling and Shooting spokesman Martin Salter MP announced his intention to stand down at the next general election, after more than 25 years of public service in Reading

New byelaws to close the net on salmon poachers
Breakthrough measures to protect precious salmon and sea trout stocks have been announced by Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government

Four millions anglers have united to fight EU rules that will impose quotas on recreational fishermen limiting the number of fish they may catch.
The newly formed Angling Trust will represent more people than the membership of all the main political parties combined, the Anglican church and the National Trust.

Angling hooks £22.5m for economy
Fishing may be known as the art of drowning worms, but a Report has found recreational angling has landed £22.5m for the Northern Ireland economy.

Embrace this new era - Professional stance will give The Angling Trust clout
The year two thousand and nine will go down in history as the year that angling started to punch its weight.

Crackdown on illegal angling
Great Yarmouth Magistrates recently imposed fines of £180 on Ian Hayes and £350 on Daniel Simmons for fishing at Aldeby Hall Fishery, Norfolk, without the appropriate Environment Agency rod licence. Both anglers were from Great Yarmouth and had to pay a further £75 each towards the prosecution costs.

Over recent years there has been a trend for coarse fisheries to be intensively stocked and managed in order to attract more anglers. There have been concerns over the environmental implications of such fisheries and the welfare of the fish in them. The new Fisheries Accreditation Scheme provides a set of fisheries management standards that set benchmarks for good environmental practice.

Securing Fish Welfare By Raising Fishery Standards

Accreditation Benefits

Accredited fisheries have met the required standards for:

Habitat
Quality
Biosecurity
Fish Health
Fish Nutrition
Water Quality
Protection From Predators
Controlled Angling
Sustainabl
Mana

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