The Angling Trust and The Rivers Trusts have invited the Angling Trust’s freshwater angling members to attend a one day conference about improving coarse fish stocks in rivers on Saturday 09 June at Barston Lakes, Solihull from 0930 to 1500.
The event is intended to provide coarse fishing clubs and riparian owners with inspiration and practical guidance to help secure funding and take action to improve coarse fish stocks in rivers.
There will be speakers from the Angling Trust, the Environment Agency, Durham and Hull Universities and the Avon Roach Project.
Free fishing at Barston Lakes will be available after the conference is finished.
Please click HERE for more information and to reserve a place. Spaces are limited and will be allotted on a first come first served basis.
The full conference programme is as follows:
0900 – 0930 Registration & Coffee/Tea on arrival
0930 – 0950 Welcome and Opening address – Mark Lloyd – Angling Trust
Session 1: Coarse angling and stock status
0950 – 1005 Environment Agency Overview – Geoff Bateman – Environment Agency
1005 – 1025 A fair deal for the coarse angler? Martin Salter – Angling Trust
1025 – 1045 Coarse fish monitoring – population status/trends etc. – Environment Agency
1045 – 1105 Coffee/Tea Break
Session 2: Understanding coarse fish
1110 – 1130 Factors affecting coarse fish stocks – Dr Mark Everard
1130 – 1200 Migration of coarse fish species – Dr Martyn Lucas – Durham University
1200 – 1220 Question and Answers – Facilitated by Mark Owen
1220 – 1255 Lunch Break
Session 3: Delivering local action
1300 – 1330 The role of the Rivers Trusts and delivering through WFD – Arlin Rickard – The Rivers Trust
1330 – 1350 The Avon Roach project. – Budgie Price & Trevor Harrop
1350 – 1410 Creation of back waters and fish refuges – Midlands Central Area Team – Environment Agency
1410 – 1430 Barbel work on the Great Ouse – Karen Twine – Hull University
1430 – 1450 Question and Answers
1450 Summing up
1500 Close
