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South-East anglers hook benefits from Fisheries Improvement Fund | |
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2022-05-18 | |
发布年 | 2022 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | South-East anglers hook benefits from Fisheries Improvement FundThe Environment Agency Fisheries Improvement Programme has invested £3.5 million to fund over 100 projects to enhance England's fisheries. In the South East, funding has helped many projects such as the creation of new fish passes, protecting fish stocks, providing new angling platforms, and improving accessibility so more people than ever are able to enjoy the sport. A number of significant projects across the South East have already been completed in the last year (see examples below) with more projects due to finish over the next few months thanks to the funding. Arnie Warsop, an Environment Agency local fisheries officer said:
Hassocks Angling Club (AC) Swim Creation (West Sussex)FIP funding was used to purchase decking and construction materials which club members then used to create disabled angling platforms to improve lake access for all club members. Laybrook Lake habitat Improvement (West Sussex)The banks on Byron lake were suffering from erosion and undercutting, potentially causing them to be unsafe for anglers at the Worthing & District Piscatorial Society. Funding enabled the eroded bank to be re-graded and the surrounding habitat enhanced. The works included bank re-profiling, new angling swims, emergent marginal planting to create fish refuge and spawning locations with hedge (hawthorn, blackthorn, hazel) and pollinator/wildflower meadow planting. Peewit Lake (Hampshire)Funds from the Environment Agency contributed to a project run by Eastleigh and District Angling Club which saw the construction and improvement of 16 swims (areas where anglers can access the water) at Peewit lake - improving the angling experience for all. Panshanger Park, River Mimram (Hertfordshire)Improvements in the in-channel habitat for riverine fish species such as wild brown trout, grayling, bullheads and minnows within an important Hertfordshire chalk stream. Strategic felling of 25 trees allowed sunlight to penetrate the already over-shaded channel. Soft engineering methods were used such as tree hinging which helped to create marginal cover. Work undertaken will help improve overall biodiversity in the chalk stream, improve refuge areas for juvenile fish and provide cleaner more suitable spawning gravels for fish and the invertebrate communities for years to come. ## Fordcombe River Medway (Kent) With the help of the Environment Agency, the Royal Tunbridge Wells Angling Society purchased and installed coir rolls, flow defectors and stone on the River Medway, downstream of Fordcombe. This will help continue to improve instream habitat for spawning and juvenile fish, leading to increased and sustainable fish populations. Railway Pond (West Oxfordshire)Wantage & Grove Angling Club’s Railway Pond venue was suffering from bank erosion. The funding helped to pay for bank repair work which also included the installation of a British Disabled Angler Association approved platform. To mitigate for the loss of natural bank, several floating islands, planted with native plant species, were also installed. The Environment Agency Fisheries Team has been working with the club for a number of years to help make improvements to the fishery and to provide resilience in times of prolonged dry weather. Since FIP was established in 2015, over 850 projects have been successfully completed, with a total of £6 million invested from fishing licence sales alone. These projects continue to positively impact fisheries, angling, ecosystems, and local communities across England. Every penny the Environment Agency receives in fishing licence income is reinvested to improve our fisheries and protect England’s waterways. Fishing licences can be purchased here: https://www.gov.uk/fishing-licences/buy-a-fishing-licence
Published 18 May 2022
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/349682 |
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