Sea Trout DNA samples taken to aid North Sea stocks

DNA samples have been taken from North East sea trout to try to follow its migration patterns and boost stocks, reports BBC online. The aim of the Living North Sea project is to discover why fish stocks are in decline. Read the whole article here. *Thanks to Noel on The Fly Fishing Forums for posting [...]

North East Angling News, 16th December, from the Evening Chronicle

All the game and sea angling news from around the region: Game Fishing Sea Fishing

Wear Coarse Fishery Development Plan: December 2010 Newsletter from the EA

Following on from the well-attended Wear Fishery Workshop held at St. Aidan’s College, Durham, in February 2010, Paul Frear, Fisheries Technical Officer at the Environment Agency (Yorkshire & North East), has produced a newsletter outlining the considerable progress made so far on implementing some of the suggestions . Details include a info on a new [...]

North East Angling News, 9th Dec, from the Evening Chronicle

All the latest form and information from around the region: Game & Coarse Fishing by David Carrick Sea Angling by Sam Harris

North East Angling News Reports for Dec 2nd, from The Evening Chronicle

News and information on game and sea angling in the region as published in The Evening Chronicle on December  2nd: Game Angling Sea Angling

A Message From Ric O’Barry

It’s hard to believe the year is drawing to an end, and what a year it has been! Your support has led to some of our most important successes – things that just two years ago I wasn’t sure would be possible: Here are just a few of the highlights: We opened “The Cove” in Japan despite intense opposition, and received unprecedented coverage of the issue.

An Open Letter To The Mayor of Taiji

December 1, 2010 Mayor Kazutaka Sangen Taiji-cho Town Hall 3767-1 Taiji-cho Higashimuro-gun Wakayama Prefecture 649-5171 Japan I hope you and the people of Taiji are doing well. As you know, I chose not to take part in your meeting in Taiji on November 2nd, because I felt the restrictions placed on participants and media were unfair and restricted the dialog that we both are seeking