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Ian Cloke
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ACA Wins First Case for Supply of Diseased Fish September 18th, 2006
The Anglers? Conservation Association (ACA) has secured ?13,000 in damages for the Towcester and District Angling Association after diseased fish were supplied and stocked into their waters.
The Environment Agency attended the stocking and later analysis of the fish showed the presence of the category 2 parasite Ergasilus briani in fish supplied to the club by the commercial supplier concerned, Framlingham Fisheries.
This is the first time in its 58 year history that the ACA has recovered damages for a club for the supply of diseased fish. It follows another first last month which saw the organisation offer a ?1,000 reward for information leading to a successful prosecution or civil claim on a pollution case on the River Ribble. This offer was quickly matched with another ?1,000 from the angling clubs concerned.
Mark Lloyd, ACA Director said: ?This should send a very loud and clear warning to those rogue commercial fish suppliers out there. If you supply diseased fish, and the recipient is an ACA member, then the ACA solicitors will be coming after you.
?The ACA is already acting for carp fisheries affected by Koi Herpes Virus (KHV) and brown trout fisheries affected by Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) in farmed rainbow trout. The ACA will do everything it can to fight to make polluters, and anyone else who damages fisheries, pay for the damage they cause to our members? waters.?
This is the 11th case the ACA has settled in 2006, with damages now totalling over ?100,000. It reflects the new approach the organisation has taken to fighting for fisheries and anglers. The ACA can only act for its member angling clubs and fishery owners and can only do so with the support of thousands of individual anglers paying ?20 a year. Anyone wishing to join should visit www.a-c-a.org or phone 01568 620447.
The Anglers? Conservation Association (ACA) has secured ?13,000 in damages for the Towcester and District Angling Association after diseased fish were supplied and stocked into their waters.
The Environment Agency attended the stocking and later analysis of the fish showed the presence of the category 2 parasite Ergasilus briani in fish supplied to the club by the commercial supplier concerned, Framlingham Fisheries.
This is the first time in its 58 year history that the ACA has recovered damages for a club for the supply of diseased fish. It follows another first last month which saw the organisation offer a ?1,000 reward for information leading to a successful prosecution or civil claim on a pollution case on the River Ribble. This offer was quickly matched with another ?1,000 from the angling clubs concerned.
Mark Lloyd, ACA Director said: ?This should send a very loud and clear warning to those rogue commercial fish suppliers out there. If you supply diseased fish, and the recipient is an ACA member, then the ACA solicitors will be coming after you.
?The ACA is already acting for carp fisheries affected by Koi Herpes Virus (KHV) and brown trout fisheries affected by Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) in farmed rainbow trout. The ACA will do everything it can to fight to make polluters, and anyone else who damages fisheries, pay for the damage they cause to our members? waters.?
This is the 11th case the ACA has settled in 2006, with damages now totalling over ?100,000. It reflects the new approach the organisation has taken to fighting for fisheries and anglers. The ACA can only act for its member angling clubs and fishery owners and can only do so with the support of thousands of individual anglers paying ?20 a year. Anyone wishing to join should visit www.a-c-a.org or phone 01568 620447.