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overhaul of rod licence system

25/1/2016

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Radical changes in the rod licence system will see juniors fish for free as the sport looks to encourage more youngsters to take up fishing.

After discussions with the Angling Trust and following the results of an online survey, the Environment is proposing three major changes that would come into effect in March 2017. They are:

*Scrapping the current £5 junior licence

*A single licence will allow the use of three rods as opposed to two

*The licence will run for 365 days from the the day of purchase
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News of the changes has been welcomed by leading figures from the Angling Trust and the carp fishing community.
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POACHER APP TO BOOST FIGHT AGAINST WILDLIFE CRIME

20/1/2016

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A schoolboy has created a mobile app that allows anglers to fight crime from the bank.
‘Project Poacher’ will revolutionise the way anglers can report incidents at fisheries across the UK, and is another step forward in the battle against fish thefts.

Free to download on most smartphones, the app allows users to send on-the-spot reports to the police while automatically pinpointing the location of the incident using the phone’s Global Positioning System (GPS).
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The new technology is the brainchild of 15-year-old Aaron Christiansen, who developed it on behalf of Cheshire Police for a new nationwide anti-poaching initiative on all wildlife crime.
Set up by the England and Wales Poaching Priority Delivery Group (PPDG) to fight rural crime, the initiative is a partnership between a number of national organisations including law enforcers and the Angling Trust, all of whom have endorsed the new app.  
The Trust’s National Enforcement Manager, Dilip Sarkar MBE, believes the new technology is the way forward in the war against poachers. 
He said: “We still want people to call in when they see something illegal on the bank, but the app is another great tool as it provides another way for anglers to report incidents which in turn will help authorities to catch more offenders and build up a greater wealth of intelligence.”


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The app is available from the Apple Istore, Google Play and Microsoft Windows. Visit www.projectpoacher.com
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