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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
 The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, was challenged over the huge rise in rod licences for disabled anglers during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday 30th April 2008. The visibly uncomfortable Prime Minister pledged to look into the 37% increase saying: “I will look at the facts…and see what has happened to bring that about”. |
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Tuesday, 01 April 2008 |
 Nine brave ladies enjoyed a weekend of fly fishing at the Arundell Arms in Devon from 28-30 March as participants in Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, a unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer. |
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
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.jpg "Sea fishing") The Government U-turn on licensing sea angling, announced by Defra Minister Jonathan Shaw in late March, was welcomed by the Countryside Alliance and sea anglers across the country.
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
 Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, the unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, has announced that its first retreat for Northern Ireland will be held at Brookhall Trout Fishery in Co Antrim from 19th - 21st September 2008, and is inviting patients from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to apply for a place. Retreats are provided at no cost to participants due to the financial backing of the Countryside Alliance Ireland, and include accommodation, meals, counselling, and professional instruction. |
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Friday, 16 March 2007 |
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The Countryside Alliance has branded the proposed sea angling licence “unenforceable, bureaucratic and with no obvious benefit to the recreational sea angler”. The Government has published a White Paper outlining the proposed contents of a future Marine Bill, and a sea fishing licence is included in the proposals. |
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
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 Government plans to improve freshwater fishing and tackle fish theft in England and Wales need funds as well as new laws, according to the Countryside Alliance.
Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw today announced that the Government intends to use secondary legislation under the Regulatory Reform Act, the Water Framework Directive and other recent European measures to improve freshwater fishing across England and Wales. |
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Wednesday, 06 December 2006 |
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 The England Ladies Flyfishing Association and the Countryside Alliance have joined forces to launch Casting for Recovery (UK & Ireland), a unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have or have had breast cancer.
Casting For Recovery will provide fly-fishing programmes at idyllic retreats around the UK and Ireland. Any woman who has experienced breast cancer is eligible to apply to attend a retreat (with medical clearance from their doctor). Weekend retreats are provided at no cost to the participants including accommodation, meals, counselling, and professional instruction. Trained medical staff and fly-fishing instructors will be on hand at all times. |
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