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Apr 25,2007

SACN and SOS attend an international shark conference

by Simon Bennett

The Inaugural meeting of the Shark Alliance Brussels, 17th, 18th & 19th April 2007 Following its acceptance of membership to the recently formed Shark Alliance, Save Our Sharks (SOS) a UK based sea angler shark conservation group attended the first anniversary and inaugural meeting of the Shark Alliance member groups in Brussels. The Shark Alliance is an amalgamation of like-minded non-governmental organisations ...

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Nov 30,2006 by Simon Bennett

New report blames overfishing for Cod demise

A new report commissioned by commercial fishermen has destroyed the myth that the reason why fish stocks are so low has little to do with climate change http://www.marlab.ac.uk/FRS.Web/Uploads/Do...20Fisheries.pdf If cod had been fished during 1988-2001 so that it produced the ... [full story]

Nov 30,2006 by Simon Bennett

Angling 'to fight anti-social behaviour'

THOUSANDS of city-dwelling young people are to be encouraged to take up angling in the latest attempt to tackle anti-social behaviour. The Scottish National Angling Programme (SNAP) hopes to attract 50,000 new anglers over the next ten years in the ... [full story]

Nov 30,2006 by Simon Bennett

SACN Scotland, SOS and the SFSA join forces for Spurdog conservation campaign

SOS, SACN Scotland and the SFSA are running a combined campaign to encourage the Scottish executive to support proposals by Defra to introduce legislation at the Eu fisheries talks later this month. This will make it illegal to kill any ... [full story]

Oct 27,2006 by Simon Bennett

SACN Scotland - About Us

The Sea Anglers Conservation Network has grown from strength to strength under the guidance of Leon Roskilly. Because Scotland controls its own inshore fisheries and therefore RSA has a different set of battles to fight it was felt Scotland should ... [full story]

Oct 27,2006 by Simon Bennett

SACN report for the Solway fish initial RSA working group 25/10/06

INTRODUCTION The Solway region is blessed with many different geological areas and because of this has one of the widest variety of species found in the UK, but the fishing for the recreational angler is deteriating at an ever ... [full story]

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