Mark Lloyd Chief Executive mark.lloyd@anglingtrust.net

Representation Participation Action Overview

Representation: lobbying, campaigning Writing Letters Social media campaigns Researching evidence Petitions Press releases Parliamentary briefings Media interviews A lot of meetings!

We represent you at: All Party Parliamentary Angling Group Angling summit England Fisheries Group Wales Fisheries Forum European Anglers’ Alliance Water Leaders Group GB Invasive Non-Native Secretariat National Drought Group EC Strategic Co-ordination Group EC Invasive Alien Species Regulation Working Group Living Rivers Europe Blueprint for Water Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authorities Marine Management Organisation Canal & Rivers Trust We represent you at:

Anglers’ Rights Bass bag limits Salmon catch & release Access to piers and lakes Parking charges Canoeing Three rod and free junior licence Anglers’ Rights

The challenges on our rivers and lakes?

Reversing the decline Our recommendations adopted in Agriculture Bill and Wales Action on abstraction and reservoirs Tidal power stuck in the mud Salmon netting to end New water company plans promising

Is the tide turning? Recognition for sea anglers in draft Fisheries Bill Potential for recreational Bluefin fishery? New bass regulations promising

Brexit – threat or opportunity? European directives and principles 25 year Environment Plan & Natural Capital Agriculture & Fisheries Bills in 2018 Potential Recession? SLIDE BULLETS powerful, influential and we all contribute to the good of angling as a whole.

Independence & influence Esmée Fairbairn Funding Fishmongers + Fundraising Dinner New Head of Campaigns Partnership with WWF & TRT Independence & influence

Angling participation: events, competitions, coaching, marketing

Getting people fishing 2014-18 1,800 events 100,000 people introduced Trained hundreds of coaches 120 more coaches this year Getting people fishing 2014-18

Information & Marketing 110,000 visits to getfishing.org.uk 85,000 visits to fishinginfo.co.uk E-mail marketing to 53,000 potential and lapsed anglers Planning targeted marketing campaigns Information & Marketing

Fishing to win Over 400 competitions 7,500 entries 29 national teams World lure fishing championships Talent pathway Fishing to win

Investing in angling: clubs, fisheries, bailiffs, forums, advice

500 volunteer bailiffs - 11,000 patrols - 25,000 hours 1,000 migrant young people taught the ways of UK fishing Fisheries enforcement workshops Co-operation with numerous police forces

Angling Improvement Fund Reinvested £2m of rod licence funds in facilities 200,000 additional angling visits 51 projects last year for predation prevention

Advice & debate Funding roadshows Fishery Management Advisors answered 900 queries 1,000 anglers attended 33 forums

Challenging Government to do more 76% Cut in government funding for fisheries in the last 10 years Loss of expert staff with local knowledge Anglers now fund 95% of cost of EA fisheries service

John Wilson RIP

Mark Lloyd Chief Executive mark.lloyd@fishlegal.net

Legal Action & Advice Six expert lawyers in house Cost-free, risk-free legal action if your fishery is damaged N.B. Only available to Fish Legal Members WWF, HSBC support AT Mark Owen in May last year Mark has had success with 4 campaigns: Tame, Sussex Ouse, the Loddon, on the Norfolk Broads, He continues to fight 8 other campaigns. Hydropower: challenged locally, lobbied government, senior agency staff and on national radio External funds from the Environment Agency for projects on: invasive non-native species, for helping clubs organise litter clean-ups and pilot to reduce poaching by Eastern European anglers. WWF Judicial Review of River Basin Management Plans, prepared by the Environment Agency.

Fighting Cases 60 legal cases. 100% of compensation e.g. Wellow Brook in Somerset and Willow Pool in Cheshire £35,000 in damages and costs in September Wye Foundation, Eden Rivers Trust, Wandle Trust etc. SLIDE BULLETS powerful, influential and we all contribute to the good of angling as a whole.

Southern Water Planning Appointed expert hydrologist Challenged Southern Water’s evidence Plans for £50m pipeline to take water from Test to Itchen scrapped Reservoir and desalination instead

River Devon Angling Association V Scottish Water 10,000 litres sulphuric acid, killing 5 miles of river Refused compensation as club leased fishing Appeal court => £15,000 River Devon Angling Association V Scottish Water

Advice matters Over 300 advice matters to members Expert Factsheets One advice is worth more than the cost of membership SLIDE BULLETS powerful, influential and we all contribute to the good of angling as a whole.

Mark Lloyd Chief Executive mark.lloyd@anglingtrust.net