Surrey Fish Theft
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A fish farmer and his father have been ordered to pay over £1,300 after they admitted stealing carp from a country park’s pond
David Champion, 31, of Woking, Surrey, the proprietor of Meadow Farm Fishery in Alton, Hampshire, and Mark Champion, 62, of Aldershot, Hampshire, were caught poaching fish following a joint operation at Brookwood Country Park carried out by Goldsworth Park Angling Club and Surrey Police. The full article can be found at the link below.
Thank You From The LFCC
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Thank You From The LFCC
The LFCC would like to say thank you to all of those new and regular faces that attended the meeting on Thursday 16th January 2020. We would also like to thank the two guest speakers for their presentations.
Firstly to Martin Salter of the Angling Trust for his talk on the State of Our Rivers and secondly to Ashley Smith from WASP (Windrush Against Sewage Pollution), for his talk on the state of the poor River Windrush in Oxfordshire.
The links below will lead you to the relevant pages both on the web and social media.
Windrush Against Sewage Pollution - Web
Windrush Against Sewage Pollution - Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/WASPING/
Angling Trust - Web
Angling Trust - Facebook
EA Consultation - Water Challenges And Choices
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We have launched a consultation seeking your views on the challenges our waters face and the choices we all need to make to improve and protect this vital and precious resource.
Your responses to this consultation will help shape the future approach to managing the water environment and will be used to update the existing river basin management plans in 2021.
The Challenges and Choices consultation seeks your views on:
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the challenges that threaten the water environment
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how we can work together to manage our waters
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who should pay
Our ‘Small Changes, Big Picture’ films are online now to help you learn about the challenges facing water today and what you can do to help. Watch the trailer on Environment Agency TV
We invite you to submit your views to us via the link below. The closing date for receipt of your comments is 24 April 2020.
Opening date: 24 October 2019
Closing date: 24 April 2020
LFCC Meeting Minutes October 2019
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LFCC Meeting Minutes October 2019 Now Available
The minutes of the recent meeting held on the 17th October 2019 are now available for download. Please follow the link below to download
https://lfcc.org.uk/downloads/category/1-lfcc-meeting-minutes?download=202:lfcc-minutes-october-2019
Jim Coggins
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Jim Coggins R.I.P
A cold wind swept through the Arborfield and Swallowfield angling community on hearing the news of Jim's death. He had died suddenly on the bank of his beloved River Loddon. He knew the river and it's wildlife well, having been a lifelong member of Arborleigh Angling Club. He had served on the committee for decades, had been the match secretary for ten years and then his wit and wisdom made him a worthy and respected chairman for the last 15 years before his death on the 4th August, aged 65 years. He was a kind man with a ready smile who made many friends throughout his life. The huge number of people who gathered at his funeral felt honoured to support his family on that sad occasion. He leaves a wife, two sons, four grandchildren and the rest of his extended family and all those friends who will not forget his smile.
A Close Friend.
I had known Jim for many years, but a relatively recent encounter with him, appropriately during the early stages of the construction of the Arborfield Fish Bypass Channel, will remain a lasting memory. A number of us had volunteered to manually dig part of the channel under a fallen willow, a somewhat unusual decision on the route of such a construction. Jim with some of his typical enthusiasm led the digging, and the task was completed over a couple of days. He was always very supportive of the LFCC, and I was grateful to be able to repay this support on a couple of occasions by assisting Arborleigh Anglers with tasks on their piece of the Loddon. I find it hard to believe like many of us that we will no longer be able to discuss local issues with him.
Martin Moore, LFCC Chairman
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