The Trials & Tribulations of the Environment Agency

Taw Fishing Club
Mar 18, 2020
1 min read

Given the amount of help that TFC receives from the river officers and experts 'in the field' it is sad to read just how depleted and weak this regulatory body has become. Cut and paste the following URL published by Greenpeace (which of course has an interested position):

https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/03/07/environment-agency-pollution-flooding-cuts/?utm_source=All+Contacts&utm_campaign=d3aee3c34b-Morning+Briefing+090320&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dd843c5cb6-d3aee3c34b-21860543&mc_cid=d3aee3c34b&mc_eid=a84154d22c

Pete Tyjas talks with Roger Taylor

EAC report on water quality in rivers

SAS Water Quality Report

2 Comments

Unknown member

Mar 19, 2020

Andrew. We - and many other wildlife, conservation and fishing groups - may now be the primary source of monitoring if the EA is weakened. The problem is that EA manpower and their ability to police UK environmental legislation is similarly weakened. This 'opportunity' will not be lost on farmers, contractors etc. For this reason, I would like us to increase our efforts in getting TFC members to become Riverfly monitors. I have now at home 3 spare sets of testing equipment. Members need to do a half day course and their sampling sites need to be registered with Devon Wildlife Trust. I am chasing our local Riverfly organisers but they too are under-resourced.

Andrew Anderson

Mar 19, 2020

Rather concerning to read this. Does it mean more pressure on groups like TFC to act where the EA doesn't have resources?