 New Carpers Against Poaching Group Created | Two independent anti-poaching groups are looking to work together in their united crusade Hard on the heels of the formation of Local Anglers Against Poaching, comes news of another similar group. |
Carpers Against Poaching has made use of the Iockdown period to launch itself as a Facebook group Main organiser Justin Mortlake explained "We started out as a group of Carpers concerned about the level of poaching taking place, hence our name, but we are open to any angler interested in helping tackle the problem.
"We operate as eyes and ears on the bank, looking out for any issues and bringing them to the attention of bailiffs and owners and if appropriate the EA and the Police. "We would discourage any of our members or anyone else from actually tackling poachers on their own as they could face aggression "In the carp world in particularly, there is a risk of organised poaching by gangs because of the value of some of the stock, but there is also an issue with individual anglers taking fish for the pot.
"We know this is very much custom and practice in many Eastern European cultures and a small minority from those communities either still don't know the rules here or decide to ignore them. "Our approach should be one of both education and also deterrent by prosecution, but one thing we mustn't do is demonise those communities - we have strict rules on our group against any abusive or racist responses to any allegations of poaching”.
"It’s the poaching issue that’s the problem not the ethnicity The Angling Trust's Building Bridges project does a great lob, but there still seems to be an on-going issue "Our Facebook group quickly got to 250 members. and we are about to set up a website for which I have purchased the domain name of carpersagainstpoaching.co.uk "We have also recruited carp ace Julian Cundiff as an ambassador and are hoping to get several other famous anglers on board.
“I have only just found out about the other group Local Anglers Against Poaching, and I am concerned about the possibility of fragmentation, so I will contact the organiser to discuss the possibility of Joining forces" LAAP organiser Greg McNally commented: "It might be that two separate organisations doing similar things is somewhat wasteful, so I would be happy to chat to Justin about how we move forward.”
Meanwhile, Fishery Watch continues to operate It was set up last year to operate a service not too dissimilar to that run by the Angling Trust's Voluntary Bailiff Service Founder. Adrian Lane reported "Fishery Watch is very much alive and doing very well and is now a trading name of the UK Angling & Conservation Group Ltd, which is a registered, not-for-profit company even our directors and I as chief executive officer, are all volunteers.
"We have been very busy in the background doing lots of things and membership has increased steadily plus we have two new ambassadors, Des Taylor and Adam Penning "During the remainder of this year we are Just continuing to patrol the waterways and fisheries around the country We are always available to support our voluntary water keepers 24 hours a day.
"We have a new members section on www.fisherywatch.co.uk that enables our waterkeepers to log patrols, report incidents, and we have secure and private intelligence forums as well 'We are also working very hard on UK Angling & Conservation Group Ltd; we are starting a swan rescue and wildlife rescue service; and we will be working towards looking after the environment surrounding fisheries, to protect the lovely wildlife that we all get to enjoy when we go fishing.” Adrian concluded.
"We operate as eyes and ears on the bank, looking out for any issues and bringing them to the attention of bailiffs and owners and if appropriate the EA and the Police. "We would discourage any of our members or anyone else from actually tackling poachers on their own as they could face aggression "In the carp world in particularly, there is a risk of organised poaching by gangs because of the value of some of the stock, but there is also an issue with individual anglers taking fish for the pot.
"We know this is very much custom and practice in many Eastern European cultures and a small minority from those communities either still don't know the rules here or decide to ignore them. "Our approach should be one of both education and also deterrent by prosecution, but one thing we mustn't do is demonise those communities - we have strict rules on our group against any abusive or racist responses to any allegations of poaching”.
"It’s the poaching issue that’s the problem not the ethnicity The Angling Trust's Building Bridges project does a great lob, but there still seems to be an on-going issue "Our Facebook group quickly got to 250 members. and we are about to set up a website for which I have purchased the domain name of carpersagainstpoaching.co.uk "We have also recruited carp ace Julian Cundiff as an ambassador and are hoping to get several other famous anglers on board.
“I have only just found out about the other group Local Anglers Against Poaching, and I am concerned about the possibility of fragmentation, so I will contact the organiser to discuss the possibility of Joining forces" LAAP organiser Greg McNally commented: "It might be that two separate organisations doing similar things is somewhat wasteful, so I would be happy to chat to Justin about how we move forward.”
Meanwhile, Fishery Watch continues to operate It was set up last year to operate a service not too dissimilar to that run by the Angling Trust's Voluntary Bailiff Service Founder. Adrian Lane reported "Fishery Watch is very much alive and doing very well and is now a trading name of the UK Angling & Conservation Group Ltd, which is a registered, not-for-profit company even our directors and I as chief executive officer, are all volunteers.
"We have been very busy in the background doing lots of things and membership has increased steadily plus we have two new ambassadors, Des Taylor and Adam Penning "During the remainder of this year we are Just continuing to patrol the waterways and fisheries around the country We are always available to support our voluntary water keepers 24 hours a day.
"We have a new members section on www.fisherywatch.co.uk that enables our waterkeepers to log patrols, report incidents, and we have secure and private intelligence forums as well 'We are also working very hard on UK Angling & Conservation Group Ltd; we are starting a swan rescue and wildlife rescue service; and we will be working towards looking after the environment surrounding fisheries, to protect the lovely wildlife that we all get to enjoy when we go fishing.” Adrian concluded.
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