Fisheries ManaGeMent adVisors

Fisheries Management Advisors

Following the Angling Trust’s campaign to persuade the Government to take action on avian predation, two full-time Fisheries Management Advisors (FMAs) are employed by the Trust to help clubs and fisheries protect fish from cormorants and goosanders.

Working in partnership with the Environment Agency and funded by fishing licence income, the FMAs have assisted fishery managers on rivers and lakes not only with licence applications, but with practical advice about measures to help tackle unsustainable avian predation by using innovative techniques such as the use of lasers and lifelike mannequins to deter birds, as well as exclusion tactics and fish refuge.

The FMAs also advise fishery managers on how to protect their fisheries from otter predation, including advice about fencing. They are also licensed by Natural England to trap and remove otters that are trapped within otter-fenced still water fisheries.

Who to contact

Richard Bamforth covers the North West, North East, Yorkshire and Humber, Lincolnshire, East Midlands and West Midlands, and can be contacted on 07904 041581 or richard.bamforth@anglingtrust.net

Jake Davoile covers South East, South West, London, South Midlands and Eastern Region, and can be contacted on 07949 703206 or jake.davoile@anglingtrust.net

How our FMAs can help your Club or Fishery

Our Fisheries Management Advisors can help you protect your fishery from predation with site visits and bespoke advice on:

Improving refuge for fish from predators

Modern, effective non-lethal scaring methods

Individual & Area based cormorant control licence applications

Coordination of action through Area based licences

Monitoring bird numbers and evidencing the impacts of predation

Protecting fisheries against otters

The legal and humane trapping and removal of otters from fenced fisheries

For more information visit: anglingtrust.net/fma/