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The Angling Trades Association (ATA)

The Angling Trades Association represents angling manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, publishers and distributors and is the Voice of the British Angling Industry.  Formed in 1977, the ATA remains the only trade body representing the angling industry.

It counts amongst its 60+ strong membership base a majority of the countries leading angling suppliers, as well as a number of the industries leading retailers.

Its function is to promote, represent and protect the trade across all three angling disciplines - sea, game and coarse fishing. In so doing it aims to achieve not only long-term stability for the sport but, more importantly, growth and development.

The Association is run by a board elected from its membership with the assistance of a technical director and secretarial guidance from the Federation of Sports & Play Associations (FSPA), the UK's largest sports trade body.   The ATA are one of 17 UK trade associations who operate under the umbrella of the FSPA.

ATA Press Pack

The new ATA Press pack is now available to media and related organisations to download for more information about the Association

Please navigate the menu to the left to find out more about the ATA and its members.

 

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Latest News

  • “Haiti Angling Appeal” Fundraiser Predator Day - Raffle - Auction
    Angling aims to raise £10,000 in support of victims of the recent Haiti earthquake
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  • Angling Trust - Media Release Sponsors Support Team England Angling
    The Angling Trust is delighted to announce a new sponsorship package for Team England Shore Angling with Tronix, the West Sussex based tackle company
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  • Bird found with hook in its throat on road to recovery
    AN injured wild duck which swallowed a barbed hook is making a quacking recovery - thanks to a family in Cambridgeshire.
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  • Fishing bill consultation over but anglers can still air views
    THE consultation period for the controversial Fisheries Bill has now closed, but the government still wants to hear people's opinions.
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  • Anglers told to put Tay salmon back
    ANGLERS on one of Scotland's leading salmon rivers will have to release every one of the fish they catch until June amid concern over dwindling stocks.
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  • Firefighters freed freezing bird dangling above icy lake
    A FREEZING gull was rescued from a fishing line trap above a partly frozen lake by firefighters last week.
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  • SALTER TAKES AIM AT THE BEAVER
    Angling MP criticises “ludicrous” plans for releasing beavers into English countryside and heightening flood risk
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  • SALTER URGES ANGLERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGNATION OF NEW MARINE CONSERVATION ZONES
    Labour’s spokesman for Angling Martin Salter used a speech in Westminster at an event by the Marine Conservation Society urge UK anglers to become involved in the designation of the new Marine Conservation Zones.
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  • Fish nets trials bring 'amazing' results
    SUSTAINABLE fishing sea trials involving Brixham fishermen have produced impressive results which could lead to a breakthrough in attempts to preserve fish stocks, it has been announced today.
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  • Shoals of fish released in London
    More than 700 fish are set to be released into rivers across London to replenish depleted rivers.
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  • Campaigners fight over river sewage
    Campaigners against water pollution are supporting attempts by the Environment Agency to stop sewage flowing into rivers from unregulated overflows.
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  • Escaped carp threaten world’s biggest lakes
    An Asian carp that escaped American fish farms into the Mississippi in the 1990s now threatens the ecosystems of the Great Lakes, the world’s biggest freshwater lake system.
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  • ANGLING TRUST - Press Release MPs’ praise for sea angling “just fine words”
    Agreement among MPs on the importance of recreational sea angling (RSA) were just “fine words”, according to Mike Heylin, chairman of the Angling Trust. Opening the fisheries debate last night (December 1) the fisheries minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, declared: “It would be remiss of me not to mention also the contribution of sea angling which…makes a significant contribution to the UK economy.”
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  • New River Petteril Conservation Project News Release From The Eden Rivers Trust New River Petteril Conservation Project
    A new project to improve the River Petteril for wildlife has been initiated by Eden Rivers Trust. The River Petteril is a major tributary of the River Eden in Cumbria and runs north from Penrith to join the Eden at Carlisle.
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  • Angling Trust Media Release Severn Trent Adds Insult to Injury
    Anglers have reacted with dismay to the news that Severn Trent Water is to close Draycote Reservoir to all angling until further notice. Severn Trent claims that the closure is due to the planned redevelopment of the visitors’ centre at the reservoir, but planning permission has not yet been agreed for the work. The company is not restricting access to other users during the period of the works; sailing, birdwatching and walking will all still be allowed.
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  • North American water weed dubbed ‘enemy number one’ by Environment Agency
    The UK Environment Agency is fighting a running battle against Floating Pennywort, the most sinister of aliens ever to reach the rivers Cam and Great Ouse. This North American water-weed was first detected on these rivers in 2006 and with its ability to grow by an almost incredible 20cm in a single day it is now blocking up our local rivers.
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  • Skate may be fished to extinction
    species of skate could become the first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing, say scientists. A study reveals that an error in the classification of the species has meant researchers have failed to see just how close to the brink it is.
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  • Publication of Consultation on marine plan areas for English Inshore and English Offshore Marine Regions
    The Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) introduces a marine planning system in UK waters for the first time. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will have responsibility for preparing marine plans in the English inshore and offshore marine regions.
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  • Cigarette butts toxic to fish, say researchers
    Cigarette butts are toxic to fish and should be labeled as toxic hazardous waste, U.S. researchers say.
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  • Summary to the Consultation on Aquatic Animal Health - KHV Disease status for England and Wales
    Further to the ‘Consultation on Aquatic Animal Health – KHV Disease status for England and Wales’ that was launched on the 22 May 2009, the consultation period finished on 17 August and the views of respondents have been collected and taken on board
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  • Commonsense fishery management is on the line
    New ideas promising “commonsense management” of inshore sea fisheries in England may be starting to take hold but will only happen if the £1 billion sea angling industry keeps “an adversarial, not a cosy, relationship” with politicians.
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  • Map of Britain's endangered sealife to be unveiled
    In UK seas there are 22 species of wildlife considered to be facing the threat of being wiped out. Once plentiful creatures such as common skate and Atlantic halibut are now listed as endangered and only eight of the 47 fish stocks found around the British Isles remain in a healthy state.
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  • Hooked on a history of rod and line
    Go fishing. That’s exactly what you’ll want to do after seeing the spectacular new documentary film The Lost World of Mr Hardy. Made by the director Andy Heathcote and his partner Heike Bachelier with the same care, gentle humour and true aim with which a fishing devotee casts his line into sparkling water, the story follows the rise, fall and rebirth of the premier family-based fishing equipment manufacturer, Hardy’s of Alnwick and London.
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  • Analysis of fisheries suggests marine ecosystems can recover
    A recent study provides evidence that efforts to rebuild depleted fish stocks are worthwhile, finding signs of recovery in five major marine ecosystems. Diverse management tools can successfully balance conservation with commercial fishing, allowing fish stocks to recover in overexploited areas, say the authors.
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  • Sunday fishing rule denial
    Recreational fishermen will not be forced to declare what they catch under European quota rules, Brussels has reiterated. Questions have been raised in Brussles, however, on leisure fishing, in the runup to this week’s EU talks on agreeing new ways to ensure respect of Common European Fisheries Policy.
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  • First Fishing Trawler to be Fitted with SkySails
    Diederik Parlevliet, the Chief Executive Officer of Parlevliet & Van der Plas B.V., one of the largest European fishing companies with headquarters in Katwijk in the Netherlands, and Stephan Wrage, the Managing Director of SkySails, signed a purchase agreement on 6 October for the world’s first towing-kite wind propulsion system to be installed on a fishing trawler.
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  • Our Rivers campaign reveals main environmental threats to rivers in England and Wales
    Anglers, conservationists and river enthusiasts have called on the Government to take action after a new survey exposed the top three threats to waterways in England and Wales. Earlier this year the RSPB, the WWF, the Angling Trust and the Association of Rivers Trusts joined forces to form the Our Rivers campaign - www.ourrivers.org.uk. Feedback from the campaign’s many supporters across the UK in the six months since it launched indicate that the three biggest threats to rivers are chemical and sediment pollution from agriculture, over abstraction by water companies and run-off water from urban areas.
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  • Stay out of trouble by going fishing, teens told
    Young people are being encouraged to try fishing Walton teenagers are to be encouraged to take-up fishing as part of a scheme to curb antisocial behaviour.
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  • Angling Trust Media Release : New Chairmen at Angling Trust and Fish Legal
    The Angling Trust has announced that Stephen Marsh-Smith has resigned as Chairman of both the Angling Trust and Fish Legal and that Stuart McPherson has resigned as a Director of the Angling Trust and Committee Member of Fish Legal and Chairman of the Marine Committee.