The WFA AGM will be held on 28 March 2019

The Annual Meeting of the Wiltshire Fishery Association will take place at

The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s Lodge at Langford Lakes on

Thursday, March 28th 2019.

The business meeting will begin at 10.30 after which the Hon Sec will present a

report on the 2018 Fishing Season; other diversions to be confirmed.

A free buffet and refreshments will be available.

After lunch our guest speaker, Mr. Don Stazicker, will give a talk on:

Riseforms – Can we tell what they are eating?

For full details go here:   WFA_AGM_Notice_2019

Please email the Hon Sec at wfa.honsec@btinternet.com

if you intend to attend so that he can estimate numbers for lunch.

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WFA Weed Cutting Dates 2019

The dates agreed by the EA and WFA for cutting weed in 2019 is as follows:

WFA Weed Cutting Dates 2019

It is essential that keepers ensure that there are no revisions displayed on this website during the season made necessary by the weather invoking the EA to change this programme.

Please contact the Hon Sec if there are any issues: wfa.honsec@btinternet.com

 

 

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A Day of Guided Fishing on Rivers Nadder and Wylye

Unique opportunity to have a guided days fishing on both the river Nadder and river Wylye. A mixture of wild and lightly stocked fisheries but only available on Mondays or Tuesday’s. Please note wading is essential. Tackle can be supplied plus your guide is a fully qualified instructor. Cost is £150 per day. If interested please ring Matt on 07909 988406 or email mattg0207@gmail.com

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Formal Request for Action 14-3-18

Nick Gupta

Environment Agency

URGENT

Dear Sir,

Environmental Crisis on the River Avon near Stonehenge

We are notifying you of severe environmental damage that has been caused and continues to be caused by excessive phosphate discharge from sewage treatment works (STWs) operated by Wessex Water at Upavon, Ratfyn and Amesbury. We are also concerned that there is an imminent threat the damage will become even worse.

Salmon and Trout Conservation has carried out invertebrate sampling on Salisbury and District Angling Club’s beats on the Avon over the last three years in its Riverfly Census. The results in the attached Request for Action show a dramatic decline in invertebrate life and associated water quality on the Club’s waters. The Environment Agency (EA)’s own chemical sampling in river and at the STWs discharge points also register a dramatic increase in phosphate levels.

We realise that phosphate effluent is not the only harmful factor adversely impacting the health of the Avon. However, this effluent presents a clear and continuing threat that must be addressed as a matter of urgency. We believe immediate action is needed to reduce the level of phosphate discharge by upgrading the STW as required. This may be expensive but Wessex Water has the resources to carry out this essential investment.

We trust that the EA will exercise its regulatory power under Regulation 29 of the Environmental Damage Regulations as we set out in our attached formal Request for Action.

May we suggest that a meeting is arranged as soon as possible and certainly within the next 21 days to address the way forward.

Yours faithfully,

Nick Measham                                                            Jan Szakowski

Salmon & Trout Conservation                                    Salisbury & District Angling Club

Formal Request for Action

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