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SHOCKLEADER
Quality
Monitoring
Net work sewage spills. E xtremely h ig h
(WQMN). This innovative citizen levels of p hosphates and n itrates
sci ence
project
empow ers fro m sew age are fu elling algal
anglers to monitor an d rep ort blo oms
w hich
cause
oxygen
on water quality across En glan d levels to d rop, damaging fish
and Wales, gathering
critical stocks and aquatic life. Th ese
data to address th e gro wing con ditions also allow for various
crisis of pollution.
e-coli strains to thrive, posing a
Since its l aunch in May 2022, healt h risk to all waterway users
the WQMN has enrolled ang lers inclu ding an glers.”
from
280
angling
have
conducted
clu bs
who Steven Crow e, CEO of An gling
over
8,500 Direct
said:”Here
at An gling
water quality tests on over 220 Direct, w e believe ang lin g an d
rivers across England an d Wales, clean w ater go hand in han d so
revealing the impact of pollu tion are aiming to build a legacy of
on freshwa ter ecosyst ems.
environ mental
resp on sibility.
Stuart Singleton-White, Ang ling In ad ditio n to supporting the
Trust Head of Campaigns, said :
Ang lers
Again st
“The impo rtance of th e Water campaign ,
Quality
Monitoring
Net work con tin ue
we’re
ou r
Poll ution
g oing
to
commitmen t
to
cannot be overstated, and we oth er vital environmental and
are
delighted
breaking
this
gr oun d- commu nity
angler-led
prog rammes.
Th is
cit izen inclu des on going support for
sci ence initiative now has the th e An gling Trust’s Get Fishing
support of Angling Direct.
campaign ,
“With only 14% of UK w ater new comers
bodies
in
good
which
introdu ces
to
joy s
the
of
ecolog ical ang ling, an d we h ave expand ed
condition, pollution is at a crisis ou r
partn ership
w ith
the
point. In 2023 alone, there wer e Ang lers National Line Recycling
over
Big Carp 12
half
a
million
record ed Sch eme.”
