Sporting Events

“The impact that this illegal fishing operation has had on the Teifi and on other watercourses and coastal waters cannot be underestimated,” commented Gavin Bown, Head of Place for Natural Resources Wales. “These defendants have caused terrible damage to the stock of salmon and sea trout and have seriously hindered the future prospects of these iconic species.” Mr Bown’s comments …

The Grand Tours’ Richard ‘Hamster’ Hammond hits the screens next week in a new Channel 4 series exploring the UK’s iconic rivers. The River Wye close to Hammond’s Ross-on-Wye home doesn’t feature, but the mighty Severn in neighbouring Gloucestershire does. In the four-part show, Hammond explores four of Britain’s most beautiful rivers. Alongside the Severn, he takes a look at …

Frequent thefts from a charity fishery near Gloucester show need for on-site security, planners have been told. Community interest company Catch a Smile has applied to Gloucester City Council for a mobile home – where the fishery manager can live. Catch a Smile, based at Elmore Lane West, Stonebench, helps people with disabilities and special needs to enjoy fishing. Read …

The final episode of hit angling/comedy show Mortimer Whitehouse: Gone Fishing will feature This Country star Charlie Cooper, the BBC has said. The fourth series of the gentle travel programme will conclude next Sunday (October 3) on BBC and will be set around the River Severn. As well as being joined by Cooper, who co-created and co-starred in the BBC …

If you’re in the market for a Grade II listed farmhouse with fishing rights and its own Victorian folly then we may have just the property for you. Brelston Court is Grade II Listed situated in the pretty village of Marstow, close to Ross-on-Wye. Set over three floors it has all the usual accoutrements of country house living. READ MORE: …

A fisherman was ordered to pay nearly £11,000 in costs after being caught illegally fishing for elvers. Phillip Croker, of The Oval, Gloucester, was caught fishing for elvers (baby eels) at Oldbury tidal sluice, on the tidal River Severn, on March 14, 2019. The 60-year-old was ordered to pay the Environment Agency costs of £10,425.40, a £300 fine and a …

Repairs to a landslip-hit Derbyshire road shut for more than two years are continuing, despite a recent complaint from a local fishing club. Lea Road, between Cromford and Lea Bridge, has been closed since January, 2020, when a 45-metre section started to crumble away and slide into a nearby riverbank following sustained heavy rainfall. Permission was granted by the Environment …

Judge orders the ringleader of a long-running illegal poaching operation on the Afon Teifi to have £61,791.50 confiscated due to the financial gains he made from his crimes. In a sentencing hearing at Swansea Crown Court on 8 July, the Judge also ordered that Emlyn Rees, of Dan y Graig, Cenarth in Ceredigion will pay a fine of £1,600 and …

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ENCINITAS — For lifelong fisherman Joe Cooper, using advanced radar equipment to help bust poachers off the San Diego County coast is just another day on the Pacific in his refurbished ’77 Boston Whaler. Cooper, of Encinitas, grew up around his family’s commercial fishing boat but later grew disillusioned with the industry due to the increasingly stark consequences of overfishing: fewer …