Help Preserve Trout Stocks in the U.K.

Interested in helping the Environment Agency preserve trout stocks in the UK? Here's your chance!

The Environment Agency is to look into trout fishing and stocks on local rivers and want to promote a log book scheme. They'd like to find at least 10 Tyne trout anglers who will be prepared to complete log books every time they fish, including catch details, fly life, bird life, etc.

They're also looking for anglers who fish other local rivers. Folks interested in this project should contact Michael Donkin, Ecological Appraisal Officer, Environment Agency, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7AR, or telephone (0191) 203 4060.

With trout stocks declining on local rivers and trout anglers disappearing from the river banks, it is important that those trout anglers who still fish local rivers give their input to the EA.

Without data there is no proof the stocks just aren’t there. With such light trout angling pressure on the lower main Tyne these days, the river should be full of trout, including lots of take-able fish. This is just not the case.

For recent trout fishing reports in the UK, click here.