According to a Guardian report by John Vidal and Graham Mole on Wednesday 14 January. Six fishing groups have joined forces to become the new Anglers Trust. This could make them one of the biggest conservation bodies in Europe, with the political muscle to rival the National Trust, the RSPB and Friends of the Earth.
They hope to sign up one in five of Britains 2.7m regular anglers, who are divided more or less equally between sea and inland water fishing enthusiasts. Mark Lloyd, chief executive of the new organisation said, "Anglers are not the usual woolly liberals you get in the WWF or the National Trust. They range across urban and rural areas and comprise both working and upper class members. Together they are very powerful,"
They are very concerned about declining fish stocks, river pollution, and industrial developments for, as they say, there's little point fishing if there's no fish, so half the work will be campaigning. The new organisation will be able to represent all anglers much more efficiently and effectively at national and international level, something which the the small angling groups could not do.
The trust which includes coarse, game and river anglers is expected to lobby government and corporations reverse the damage caused by over-fishing, and sand and gravel extraction, and to prosecute polluters and reduce the volume of water taken from rivers. They also plan to campaign to stop farmed fish escaping into the wild. Anglers have long been regarded as the eyes and ears of the water environment: alerting the authorities about damage to British waters and frequently prosecuting polluters.
I for one hope that they will also turn their attention to the prospect of water fluoridation which the British Government is insanely pushing on an unwilling public. Perhaps when they realise that 97% of all fluoridated water will not even touch people or their teeth at all, will be discharged immediately into our river system from our drains via the sewage treatment plants.
Research in the USA discovered that fluoride levels in river water as low as 0.21 parts per million could stop Salmon spawning but water fluoridation entails levels of 1.0 parts per million plus, not including fluoride pollution from industry and other agricultureal food sources. Some foods especially teas, contain rather high levels of fluoride as do crops sprayed with pesticides and many processed foods. Add to this tens of thousands of tonnes of the toxic waste known as hedafluorsilicic acid which water fluoridation will entail, we should not be surprised to see the hard work of the Environment Agency and the Anglers pressure groups thrown into reverse.
Anglers are not alone when it comes to facing a major threat from fluoridation. Any organic food grower who relies on river water for irrigation is also in for a nasty shock when they find their produce is no longer fit for accreditation by the Soil Association who are also concerned by the threat the fluoridation poses. and not attractive to members of the public looking for chemical free food.
They hope to sign up one in five of Britains 2.7m regular anglers, who are divided more or less equally between sea and inland water fishing enthusiasts. Mark Lloyd, chief executive of the new organisation said, "Anglers are not the usual woolly liberals you get in the WWF or the National Trust. They range across urban and rural areas and comprise both working and upper class members. Together they are very powerful,"
They are very concerned about declining fish stocks, river pollution, and industrial developments for, as they say, there's little point fishing if there's no fish, so half the work will be campaigning. The new organisation will be able to represent all anglers much more efficiently and effectively at national and international level, something which the the small angling groups could not do.
The trust which includes coarse, game and river anglers is expected to lobby government and corporations reverse the damage caused by over-fishing, and sand and gravel extraction, and to prosecute polluters and reduce the volume of water taken from rivers. They also plan to campaign to stop farmed fish escaping into the wild. Anglers have long been regarded as the eyes and ears of the water environment: alerting the authorities about damage to British waters and frequently prosecuting polluters.
I for one hope that they will also turn their attention to the prospect of water fluoridation which the British Government is insanely pushing on an unwilling public. Perhaps when they realise that 97% of all fluoridated water will not even touch people or their teeth at all, will be discharged immediately into our river system from our drains via the sewage treatment plants.
Research in the USA discovered that fluoride levels in river water as low as 0.21 parts per million could stop Salmon spawning but water fluoridation entails levels of 1.0 parts per million plus, not including fluoride pollution from industry and other agricultureal food sources. Some foods especially teas, contain rather high levels of fluoride as do crops sprayed with pesticides and many processed foods. Add to this tens of thousands of tonnes of the toxic waste known as hedafluorsilicic acid which water fluoridation will entail, we should not be surprised to see the hard work of the Environment Agency and the Anglers pressure groups thrown into reverse.
Anglers are not alone when it comes to facing a major threat from fluoridation. Any organic food grower who relies on river water for irrigation is also in for a nasty shock when they find their produce is no longer fit for accreditation by the Soil Association who are also concerned by the threat the fluoridation poses. and not attractive to members of the public looking for chemical free food.
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