If you run a fishery, you can't afford to miss this...
Protect your fishery with market leading insurance, legal advice and member benefits and support the work we do for fish and fishing.
Your membership benefits
Over 2,000 Clubs and Fisheries are already benefitting and supporting the work we do.
Market leading insurance
Developed for fisheries and clubs - great value, market leading £10 million liability insurance package, including both public and employer’s liability.
Your stock covered
If your fishery turnover is less than £75,000 and you own a
Membership of Fish Legal
Expert legal advice on angling and fishery related matters and legal action on your behalf against pollution and other environmental damage or threats to your fishery – provided by Fish Legal.
Marketing your fishery
Exclusive listings on our dedicated website to advertise your fishery to hundreds of thousands of anglers a year. Plus eligibility to host Angling Trust competitions.
Discounts for your fishery
Our members get a great range of discounts to give them better value for their fishery - including fishing pegs, aqua culture equipment, membership and day ticket software, expert fishery consultancy services, fencing, boardwalks, bridges, dredging and lake creation - the list goes on!
Free specialist support
Free advice on many topics including bio-security, predation control, poaching and fishery enforcement.
Keeping you updated
Receive regular member e-newsletters and our hard copy publication 'The Angler' and stay updated on key issues for your fishery.
Discounted membership
If you can offer our individual Angling Trust members a 10% discount on day and season tickets - we can provide further discount for your membership.
Campaigning on your behalf
Fighting your corner – through our environmental and political campaigns.
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Join by phone
Want to find out more – you can call our membership team on 0343 507 7006 and select option 1 or click the button below if you are on a mobile phone.
Join online
You can start taking advantage of our great fishery member benefits by paying by credit or debit card through our secure online checkout.
Less than £10,000 turnover
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What our members think…
As soon as I joined the Angling Trust and Fish Legal, the benefits for a Fishery Owner very soon became apparent. With Fisheries facing new challenges all the time, I believe all Riparian Owners & Fishery Owners cannot afford not to be members. Having the knowledge that expert advice is a phone call away is a great reassurance.
I have worked with Fish Legal on two occasions and they were extremely professional and unceasing in pursuing both polluters. If you are involved in a fishery, please support Fish Legal and take out a membership. They are the best conservation and fishery lawyers in the UK!
The work you have undertaken on our behalf has been exceptional throughout, for which we are truly grateful.
For all things fish and fishing...
We are a non-profit organisation working for the benefit of fish and fishing.
For 10 years the Angling Trust and Fish Legal have been supporting fishing clubs, fisheries and individual anglers.
We’re passionate about fishing and protecting the future of our sport and have campaigned tirelessly on behalf of our members on many issues.
You can read more about the work we do below – your membership gives you great value as a fishery owner and supports us to protect fishing for future generations.
Club & Fishery Members
Pounds in compensation for our members impacted by pollution
Legal cases taken on behalf of members
The number of times we have provided legal advice
Planning threats we have advised on
Combatting poaching, fish theft and other criminal activity
In partnership with the Environment
Volunteer Bailiffs recruited
Patrols coordinated since the VBS went live across England
Hours protecting fish and fisheries since the VBS went live across England
Progress on predation
Our successes to date include securing funding for fishery management advisors to advise and support fisheries on predation issues, as well as distributing over £480,000 provided by the Environment Agency for otter fencing and deterrents.
secured for otter fencing and deterrents
Fisheries given specialist support by our advisors on predation in the last 12 months
More competitive angling than ever in all three disciplines of our sport
We held over 400 events last year, which attracted in excess of 10,000 competition entries for competitions that included Fish ‘O’ Mania, RiverFest, nine major National Championships, AT Winter League, AT/CRT Canal Pairs, British Pike Championships, AT/CRT Boddington Classic and TideFest. We also supported our International England teams representing both the Trust and their sponsors and have developed a Youth Talent Pathway to offer more elite angling teams than ever before.
Events held each year
Entries last year
National teams supported
Getting more people fishing
We are committed to getting more people fishing more often, increasing the diversity of participants and raising the standards of safeguarding and coaching.
Working in collaboration with other partners including the Environment Agency,
You can see more of our work at www.GetFishing.org.uk.
Introduction events organised in the last two years
Coaches trained
Juniors and Adults introduced in the last two years
A louder voice for angling
Our work has given anglers the loudest voice ever to influence legislation and policy, including pollution, predation, commercial netting and anglers’ rights. We couldn’t do it without the support of our members.
Securing funds to help clubs and fisheries
From new fish stocks, to better facilities and disabled access, the Trust continues to secure vital support via the Angling Improvement Fund – approximately £2m from the Environment Agency in the last 4 years.
Better water quality and healthier fisheries
Thanks to determined action, the Angling Trust & Fish Legal have successfully fought damaging activities such as river dredging, hydropower schemes, over-abstraction and pollution.
Three-rod licence for specimen and carp anglers
Thanks to our direct campaigning for free junior rod licences and a three-rod licence for specimen and carp anglers. these changes, along with the fairer deal of a rolling 365-day licence, have been introduced.
Help us protect the future of fishing
Who are the Angling Trust & Fish Legal?
The Angling Trust, formed in 2009, is recognised by the Government as the unified representative organisation for all anglers in England and Wales. We are a non-profit organisation working for the benefit of fish and fishing.
We protect marine and freshwater fish stocks and recreational angling in all its forms on behalf of our membership by lobbying and campaigning, by promoting angling participation to all, and for the public good.
We are united in a collaborative relationship with Fish Legal, a membership association which provides expert legal advice and takes legal action to protect the water environment and fishing rights of its member clubs, riparian owners and fisheries and to seek compensation on their behalf for any damage. We are the only sporting representative body to have such a collaboration to protect anglers rights and interests.
Your membership not only gives you great value – it’s vital for the future of fishing.
Your membership of the Angling Trust & Fish Legal is vital to the continued support of our work on behalf of all anglers.
By joining the Angling Trust you contribute with us to:
- Fight against Pollution, Predation and Poaching
- Get more fish in rivers, lakes and the sea
- Make sure rod licence money is spent on fishing
- Increase angling participation, coaching and education
- Fight against restricted angler access and anti-angling campaigns
- Support environmental campaigning for anglers and fishing
Contact us
Tel: 0343 507 7006 (For Membership enquiries select Option 1)
Our membership team
Monday – Friday 9.00am -5.00pm
Please leave a message if you call outside these hours or email us on admin@anglingtrust.net