Hot on the heels of fresh fears over declining eel populations, three illegal netsmen from Somerset have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £2,500 after EA bailiffs caught them netting elvers.
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Elsewhere, in the Fenland city named after the eel, the last licensed netters say they are only fishing to keep traditions alive, as catches collapse.
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About the PAC
The Pike Anglers' Club of Great Britain was formed in 1977 as a direct result of changing attitudes toward pike. For far too long pike had been regarded by fishery owners and some anglers as vermin, to be killed and removed at all costs. Since it's inception, the PAC has done much to drastically change this mistaken attitude and pike are now widely regarded as a positive element in the natural balance of any fishery.
Pike fishing has without doubt become one of the most specialised branches of coarse fishing. Not least in the methods of handling, unhooking and safe return of the fish once caught.
The PAC works continually for the benefit of all pike and pike anglers, we seek only to further the opportunities for pike fishing, whilst preserving all that pike fishing is all about.
We strive to protect pike from persecution by those who do not understand, or choose to ignore, the facts about the important role the pike plays in the balance of nature. We also work to promote pike conservation through safe practice by anglers.
Pike fishing has without doubt become one of the most specialised branches of coarse fishing. Not least in the methods of handling, unhooking and safe return of the fish once caught.
The PAC works continually for the benefit of all pike and pike anglers, we seek only to further the opportunities for pike fishing, whilst preserving all that pike fishing is all about.
We strive to protect pike from persecution by those who do not understand, or choose to ignore, the facts about the important role the pike plays in the balance of nature. We also work to promote pike conservation through safe practice by anglers.
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- EA on the trail of spear fisher Simeon
- Save our lodes campaigners to meet trust
- Flooding will become common - claim
- All change for pike anglers on Thirlmere
- Piking 2007 - advance tickets go on sale
- Tip of the day for July 29, 2007
- Trust slammed over threat to lodes
- Pikers e-mail spear fisher Simeon
- PAC birthday bash set to be biggest yet
- EA launches online boat owners survey
- Tip of the day for July 27, 2007
- Save our lodes petition tops 500
- Cased pike prices tailwalk
- Council backs save lodes campaign
- Don't ditch our lodes, say Cambs pikers
- Be Inspired, says Autumn Pikelines
- Close season fishing does no harm - NFA
- Emails spark hint of rethink on barrels
- Floods devastate Severn and Avon
- Game Fair cancelled because of rain
- Mega pike set to net £6,000 at auction
- Tip of the day for July 22, 2007
- Eel be gone soon, scientists say
- Pikers urged to pen protest letters
- Fish kill reported in Northern Ireland
- Tip of the day for July 21, 2007
- Hunt stepped up for missing scientist
- Tip of the day for July 20, 2007
- We've got science on our side, claim
- Tip of the day for July 19, 2007
- Pike matches over a barrel after fish die
- Tip of the day for July 18, 2007
- Tip of the day for Tuesday, July 17
- NI members report canal pollution
- Piking 2007 - second hand stalls update
- Salmon farms admit to great escape
- Tip of the day for July 14, 2007
- Illegal eel netters in court
- PAC secures access event in Northants
- Tip of the day for July 13, 2007
- Wetland conservation saves US pike
- Waterskiing to continue on Norfolk Broads
- New fears eels could become extinct
- Tip of the day for July 11, 2007
- Cameraman wins award for film on pike
- Scottish livebait ban is law on August 1
- So long to Sea Nymph importer Chris
- Work to re-open Ely Ouse begins
- Tip of the day for July 9, 2007
- Tip of the day for July 8, 2007
- Vidar strikes silver on return home
- Wall of foam causes fish kill on Thames
- Tip of the day for July 6, 2007
- PAC launches Erne FOI requests
- Zander record smashed with first twenty
- PAC urges Irish event to abandon barrels
- Piker's next run is for two good causes
- Tip of the day for July 3, 2007
- Save a fiver when you pre-order PAC30
- Think out of the box, says US writer
- Tip of the day for July 2, 2007
- Fish feel pain claim surfaces in paper
- Wee trick makes fish grow faster
- Two anglers rescued from Norfolk river
- Tip of the day for July 1, 2007
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