ANGLER (Lophius piscatorius) BOAT lbs: 94lbs 12oz 04dms Kilo: 42.985 Year: 1985 By: S. Neill Place: Belfast Lough, N.I. SHORE lbs: 68 02oz 00dms Kilo: 30.899 Year: 1967 By: H. Legerton Place: Canvey Island, Essex Landing: EU / IFCA / AT - No restrictions SSM: n/a Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No BASS (Dicentrarchus labrax) BOAT lbs: 19lbs 09oz 02dms Kilo: 8.876 Year: 1987 By: P. McEwan Place: Off Reculvers, Herne Bay, Kent SHORE lbs: 19lbs 12oz 00dms Kilo: 8.958 Year: 2012 By: J. . Locker Place: Portsmouth Dockyard Landing: EU / IFCA / AT - No restrictions SSM: n/a Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No BREAM, Black (Spondyliosoma cantharus) BOAT lbs: 06lbs 14oz 04 dms Kilo: 3 .125 Year: 1977 By: J. Garlick Place: Wreck off Torquay, Devon. SHORE lbs: 06lbs 08oz 06dms Kilo: 2 .959 Year: 2001 By: R. Guille Place: Creux Harbour, Sark, CI Landing: IFCA 23 cms AT - Boat & Shore: 24 cms Restrictions places, time of year and numbers SSM: 20 cms Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No COD (Gadus morhua) BOAT lbs: 58lbs 06oz 00dms Kilo: 26. 478 Year: 1992 By: N. Cook Place: North Sea, off Whitby SHORE lbs: 44lbs 08oz 00dms Kilo: 20. 183 Year: 1966 By: B. Jones Place: Tom's Point, Barry, Glamorgan Landing: EU / IFCA / AT - 35cms SSM: 60 cms The size of sexual maturity can vary widely dependant on a number of factors. The figure quoted represents the size at which 50 per cent of the fish of this species has reached sexual maturity. Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No CONGER (Conger conger) BOAT lbs: 133lbs 04oz 00dms Kilo: 60.442 Year: 1995 By: V. Evans Place: Wreck off Berry Head, Torquay SHORE lbs: 68lbs 08oz 00dms Kilo: 31.072 Year: 1992 By: M. Larkin Place: Devil's Point, Plymouth, Devon Landing: EU - None IFCA - Regions North West, Southern & Cornwall 58 cms AT - Boat: 120 & Shore: 91 cms SSM: Unknown Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No DAB (Limanda limanda) BOAT lbs: 02lbs 12oz 04dms Kilo: 1 .254 Year: 1975 By: R. Islip Place: Gairlock, Wester Ross SHORE lbs: 02lbs 09oz 08dms Kilo: 1 .176 Year: 1936 By: M. Watts Place: Morfa Beach, Port Talbot Landing: EU - None IFCA - Regions North West & Southern 15 cms AT - Boat: 23 cms & Shore: None SSM: Unknown Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No DOGFISH, Lesser Spotted (Scyliorhinus canicula) BOAT lbs: 04lbs 09oz 00dms Kilo: 2 .069 Year: 2005 By: M. Donnelly Place: Off Fleetwood, Lancs. SHORE lbs: 04lbs 15oz 03dms Kilo: 2.244 Year: 1988 By: S. Ramsey Place: Abbey Burnfoot, Kirkcudbright Landing: EU & IFCA - None AT - Boat: 46 & Shore: 35 cms SSM: 60 cms Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No FLOUNDER (Pleuronectes flesus) BOAT lbs: 05lbs 11oz 08dms Kilo: 2.593 Year: 1956 By: A. Cobbledick Place: Fowey, Cornwall SHORE lbs: 05lbs 07oz 00dms Kilo: 2.466 Year: 1994 By: B. Sokell Place: River Teign, Devon Landing: EU - None IFCA - North West 25cms Cornwall 27 cms AT - Boat: 27 cms & Shore: None SSM: 30cms Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No GARFISH (Belone belone) BOAT lbs: 03lbs 09oz 08dms Kilo: 1.630 Year: 1994 By: A. Saunders Place: Mount Bay, Cornwall SHORE lbs: 03lbs 09oz 08dms Kilo: 1.630 Year: 2017 By: C. Davey Place: Slapton Sands, Devon Landing: EU / IFCA No restrictions AT - Boat: 38 cms & Shore:None SSM: n/a Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No GURNARD, Grey (Eutrigla gurnardus) BOAT lbs: 02lbs 07oz 08dms Kilo: 1.120 Year: 2013 By: K. Quenault Place: Wreck mark off Plymouth SHORE lbs: 01lbs 10oz 08dms Kilo: 0.751 Year: 1989 By: P. El-Balawi Place: Newquay Headland, Cornwall Landing: EU / IFCA - No restrictions AT - Boat: 38cms & Shore: None SSM: n/a Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No HADDOCK (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) BOAT lbs: 13lbs 11oz 04dms Kilo: 6.215 Year: 1978 By: G. Bones Place: Off Falmouth, Cornwall SHORE lbs: 06lbs 12oz 00dms Kilo: 3.061 Year: 1976 By: G. Stevenson Place: Loch Goil, Scotland Landing: EU / IFCA - 30cms AT - Boat: 35cms & Shore: 30cms SSM: 40 cms The size of sexual maturity can vary widely dependant on a number of factors. The figure quoted represents the size at which 50 per cent of the fish of this species has reached sexual maturity. Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No HAKE (Merluccius merluccius) BOAT lbs: 25lbs 12oz 14dms Kilo: 11.706 Year: 1997 By: R. Roberts Place: Loch Etive, Scotland SHORE lbs: 03lbs 08oz 02dms Kilo: 1.590 Year: 1984 By: W. Parry Place: Morfa Beach, Port Talbot Landing: EU / IFCA / AT - No information SSM: Not known Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No HALIBUT (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) BOAT lbs: 234lbs 00oz 00dms Kilo: 106.136 Year: 1979 By: C. Booth Place: Dunnet Head, Scotland SHORE lbs: 10lbs 00oz 00dms Kilo: 4.536 Year: Qualifying weight By: TO BE CLAIMED Place: Landing: EU / IFCA - None AT - Boat: 10kg & Shore: 3kg SSM: 135 Red List: Vulnerable ENDEMIC: No JOHN DORY (Zeus faber) BOAT lbs: 11lbs 14oz 00dms Kilo: 5.386 Year: 1977 By: J. Johnson Place: Off Newhaven, East Sussex SHORE lbs: 03lbs 0oz 00dms Kilo: 1.360 Year: Qualifying weight By: TO BE CLAIMED Place: Landing: EU / IFCA - None AT - Boat: 33cms & Shore: 25cms SSM: 35cms Red List: Critically Endangered ENDEMIC: No LING (Molva molva) BOAT lbs: 67lbs 05oz 00dms Kilo: 30.533 Year: 2013 By: J. Isbiter Place: Muckle Flugga, Shetland SHORE lbs: 21lbs 13oz 00dms Kilo: 9.894 Year: 2022 By: K. Griffiths Place: Pembroke Cove, Cornwall Landing: EU / IFCA - 63cms AT - Boat: 72cms & Shore: None SSM: 100cms The size of sexual maturity can vary widely dependant on a number of factors. The figure quoted represents the size at which 50 per cent of the fish of this species has reached sexual maturity. Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No MACKEREL (Scomber scombrus) BOAT lbs: 06lbs 02oz 07dms Kilo: 2.790 Year: 1984 By: W. Chapple Place: Off Penberth Cove, Cornwall SHORE lbs: 05lbs 11oz 14dms Kilo: 2.603 Year: 1982 By: M. Kemp Place: Berry Head Quarry, Brixham Landing: EU / IFCA: Eastern & Kent-Essex 30cms AT - Boat: 30cms & Shore: None SSM: 34cms Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No MONKFISH (Squatina squatina) BOAT lbs: 66lbs 00oz 00dms Kilo: 29.936 Year: 1965 By: C. Chalk Place: Shoreham Beach, West Sussex SHORE lbs: 52lbs 14oz 00dms Kilo: 23.982 Year: 1984 By: G. Bishop Place: Llwyngwril Beach, Gwynedd Landing: EU / IFCA / AT Total ban under UK Wildlife and Countryside Act against killing, injury or taking on land and up to 3 nautical miles from English coastal baselines. SSM: 70cms Red List: Critically Endangered ENDEMIC: Yes MULLET, Thick-lipped Grey (Chelon labrosus) BOAT lbs: 10lbs 01oz 00dms Kilo: 4.564 Year: 1952 By: P. Libby Place: Portland, Dorset SHORE lbs: 14lbs 02oz 12dms Kilo: 6.427 Year: 1979 By: R. Gifford Place: The Leys, Aberthaw, Glam. Landing: EU / IFCA - Regions North West 20cms & Kent-Essex-Southern 30cms AT - Boat: 33cms & Shore: None SSM: n/a Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: PLAICE (Pleuronectes platessa) BOAT lbs: 10lbs 03oz 08dms Kilo: 4.635 Year: 1974 By: H. Gardiner Place: Longa Sound, Scotland SHORE lbs: 08lbs 06oz 14dms Kilo: 3.822 Year: 1989 By: R. Moore Place: Southbourne, Bournemouth Landing: EU: - 22cms IFCA: - 27cms AT - Boat: 28cms & Shore: None SSM: n/a Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: Yes POLLACK (Pollachius pollachius) BOAT lbs: 29lbs 04oz 00dms Kilo: 13.267 Year: 1987 By: W. Mayes Place: Dungeness, Kent SHORE lbs: 18lbs 04oz 00dms Kilo: 8.277 Year: 1986 By: C.Lowe Place: Abbotsbury, Dorset Landing: EU: - 30cms IFCA: - 30cms AT: - Boat: 30cms & Shore: None SSM: 50cms Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: Yes POUTING (Trisopterus luscus) BOAT lbs: 05lbs 08oz 00dms Kilo: 2.494 Year: 1969 By: R. Armstrong Place: Off Berry Head, Devon SHORE lbs: 04lbs 09oz 00dms Kilo: 2.069 Year: 1991 By: R. Armstrong Place: Pembrook, Guernsey, C.I. Landing: EU / IFCA - None AT - Boat: 30cms & Shore: 18cms SSM: 25cms Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No RAY, Thornback (Raja clavata) BOAT lbs: 31lbs 07oz 00dms Kilo: 14.260 Year: 1981 By: J. Wright Place: Liverpool Bay SHORE lbs: 22lbs 11oz 08dms Kilo: 10.305 Year: 2008 By: M. Johnstone Place: Salcombe Estuary, Devon Landing: EU: - None IFCA: - Regions Kent - Essex - Southern 40cms AT: - Boat: 45cms & Shore: None No person shall take (a) Any skate or ray that measures less than 40 cms between the extreme tips of the wings; or (b) any wing that measures less than 20 cms in its maximum dimension and which is detached from the body of a skate or ray. SSM: 85cms Red List: Not threatened ENDEMIC: No SAITHE (Pollachius virens) BOAT lbs: 37lbs 05oz 00dms Kilo: 16.923 Year: 1986 By: D. Brown Place: Wreck Plymouth, Devon SHORE lbs: 24lbs 11oz 12dms Kilo: 11.219 Year: 1995 By: M. Cammish Place: Filey Brigg, Yorkshire Landing: EU & IFCA - 35cms AT - Boat: 35cms & Shore: None SSM: 70cms The size of sexual maturity can vary widely dependant on a number of factors. The figure quoted represents the size at which 50 per cent of the fish of this species has reached sexual maturity. Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No SHARK, Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) BOAT lbs: 507lbs 00oz 00dms Kilo: 229.975 Year: 1993 By: C. Bennett Place: Dunnet Head, Scotland SHORE lbs: 40lbs 00oz 00dms Kilo: 18.143 Year: Qualifying weight By: TO BE CLAIMED Place: Landing: EU / IFCA / AT ` Are critically endangered in the North east Atlantic. Recommended to return all fish alive back onto the sea. SSM: 220cms Red List: Critically endangered ENDEMIC: No SKATE, Common (Raja batis) BOAT lbs: 227lbs 00oz 00dms Kilo: 102.961 Year: 1986 By: R. Banks Place: Off Tobermory, Inner Hebrides SHORE lbs: 169lbs 06oz 00dms Kilo: 76.828 Year: 1994 By: G. Mackenzie Place: Loch Roag, Isle of Lewis Landing: EU: None IFCA: Regions Kent - Essex - Southern 40cms AT: Boat: 45cms & Shore: Not known No person shall take (a) Any skate or ray that measures less than 40 cms between the extreme tips of the wings; or (b) any wing that measures less than 20 cms in its maximum dimension and which is detached from the body of a skate or ray. SSM: 85cms Red List: Critically endangered ENDEMIC: No SMOOTHHOUND, Starry (Mustelus asterias) BOAT lbs: 28lbs 02oz 00dms Kilo: 12.757 Year: 1998 By: A. Bowering Place: Off Minehead, Bristol Channel SHORE lbs: 23lbs 02oz 00dms Kilo: 10.488 Year: 1972 By: D. Carpenter Place: Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex Landing: EU / IFCA - No information AT - Boat: 51cms & Shore: None SSM: 85cms Red List: Vulnerable ENDEMIC: No SPURDOG (Squalus acanthias) BOAT lbs: 25lbs 04oz 00dms Kilo: 11.477 Year: 2017 By: S. Salmon Place: Off Hastings, East Sussex SHORE lbs: 23bs 02oz 00dms Kilo: 10.490 Year: 2018 By: G. Mitchell Place: Start Bay, South Devon Landing: EU / IFCA / AT SSM: n/a Red List: Endangered ENDEMIC: No Critically endangered in the North East Atlantic. Recommended by AT to return all fish alive back into the sea. Zero Total Catch so commercial fishermen not allowed to retain any of this species. TOPE (Gaeorhinus galeus) BOAT lbs: 82lbs 08oz 00dms Kilo: 37.422 Year: 1991 By: R. Chatfield Place: Off Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex SHORE lbs: 82lbs 10oz 00dms Kilo: 37.478 Year: 2022 By: M. Asprou Place: Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire Landing: EU / IFCA / AT National restriction on landing Tope caught from boat, which includes kayaks, and are legally required to be released as soon as possible after capture under the Tope (Prohibition of Fishing Order) 2008. SSM: Unknown Red List: Vulnerable ENDEMIC: No TURBOT (Scophthalmus maximus) BOAT lbs: 35lbs 00oz 00dms Kilo: 15.875 Year: 2022 By: A. Evans Place: Muckle Flugga, Shetland SHORE lbs: 28lbs 08oz 00dms Kilo: 12.926 Year: 1973 By: J. Dorling Place: Dunwich Beach, East Suffolk Landing: EU: None IFCA: 30cms AT - Boat: 41cms & Shore: 35cms SSM: 46cms Red List: Vulnerable ENDEMIC: No WEEVER, Lesser (Echiichthys vipera) BOAT lbs: 00lbs 03oz 10dms Kilo: 0.95.67 Year: 2001 By: D. Thompson Place: Shambles Bank, Weymouth SHORE No record Landing: EU / IFCA / AT - No restrictions SSM: Not known Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No WHITING (Merlangius merlangus) BOAT lbs: 07lbs 06oz 00dms Kilo: 3.345 Year: 2012 By: M. Curtis Place: Off Plymouth, Devon SHORE lbs: 04lbs 08oz 00dms Kilo: 2.041 Year: 2014 By: D. Backler Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk Landing: EU / IFCA / AT - 27cms SSM: 30cms Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: Yes WRASSE, Ballan (Labrus bergylta) BOAT lbs: 09lbs 07oz 12dms Kilo: 4.302 Year: 1999 By: T. Heart Place: Off Jersey, C.I. SHORE lbs: 09lbs 01oz 00dms Kilo: 4.110 Year: 1998 By: P. Hegg Place: Portland, Dorset Landing: EU: None IFCA: 27cms Regions Devon - Severn have taken multiple measures to manage the ‘Live Wrasse (Pot) Fishery in their area. Spawning season closure, pot limitation, minimum and maximum sizes and voluntary closed areas are some or the new restrictions. AT - Boat: 23cms & Shore: None Red List: Least Concern ENDEMIC: No
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RECORDS: Published by British Record rod-caught Fish Committee. annually. Angling Trust : LANDING: Minimum sizes allowed for retaining species set by European Union Inshore Fishery & Conservation Authorities (IFCA): This is the ‘ Size of Sexual Maturity’ (SSM) provided by IFCA. These are not recommended retention size limits but anglers retaining fish above these sizes can be reasonably confident that those fish will have had the chance to have bred at least once. RED LIST: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) T he world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species provides a ‘Red List’ of endangered species.
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1. Procedures (a) The claimant should contact the Committee Secretary by Telephone: 0844 7700616 Fax: 01159 819039, or by post to BRFC, Eastwood House, 6 Rainbow Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8DQ or E-mail: brfc@anglingtrust.net Advice will then be given concerning preservation, identification and claims procedure. (b) Claims must be confirmed promptly in writing to the Secretary stating: • The species of fish, the weight and if a game fish whether a natural or cultivated fish or in the case of the Rainbow Trout whether a cultivated, resident or wild fish, • The date and place of capture, the tackle used, and in the case of sea fish whether shore or boat caught. • The names and addresses of witnesses, preferably two, both as to the capture by the claimant and the weight, who will be required to sign the forms supporting the claim. (If no witnesses to the capture are available, the claimant must verify his claim by affidavit). Photographs of the fish must be made available which should be good quality and preferably in colour. They should include shots of the angler, holding the fish in a normal manner, or in the case of a very large fish, standing alongside it, and also the fish lying on the ground on or next to, an identifiable object. When digital images are submitted, all available images of the fish shall be accessible to the Committee on request and in some cases the Committee may require the memory card or other device holding the images to be submitted. (c) No claim will be accepted unless the Committee is satisfied as to species, method of capture and weight. The Committee reserves the right to reject any claim if not satisfied on any matter, which the Committee may think in the particular circumstances to be material. The Committee requires a high degree of proof in order to safeguard the integrity of the list. As a high degree of proof is required rejection of a claim imports no reflection on the bona-fides of the claimant. All costs of submitting a claim must be met by the claimant. 2. Methods of Capture Fish caught at sea will be eligible for consideration as a record if the boat used has set out from, and returns to, a port in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands or any port in the United Kingdom without having called at any port outside those countries. Fish caught in the territorial waters of other countries will not be eligible Claims can only be accepted in respect of fish that are caught by fair angling with rod and line. Fair angling is defined by the fish taking the baited hook or lure into its mouth, and must be in accord with the rules of the respective angling discipline Coarse, Game & Sea. Shore fishing shall mean fishing from any land mass or fixed man-made structure. In cases of doubt the Committee will classify a claim on the information provided. Fish must be caught on rod and line with any legal hook or lure and hooked and played by one person only. Assistance to land the fish (i.e. gaffing, netting) is permitted provided the helper does not touch any part of the tackle other than the leader. 3. Weight The fish must be weighed on land using scales or steel yards, which can be tested on behalf of the Committee. Where possible commercial or trade scales which are checked regularly by the Weights and Measures Department should be used. The sensitivity of the scales should be appropriate to the size of the fish, i.e. small fish should be weighed on finely graduated scales and the weight claimed for the fish should be to a division of weight (ounce, dram, gramme) not less than the smallest division shown on the scales. A Weights and Measures Certificate must be produced certifying the accuracy of the scales used and indicating testing at the claimed weight. In the case of species weighing less than one pound the claimed weight must be submitted in grammes. The weight must be verified by two independent witnesses or one and a sworn affidavit who, for example, should not be relations of the claimant. 4. Identification of Species The Committee is required from time to time to consider claims for fish of species which cannot be determined to its satisfaction without inspection. For this reason and others, claimants are strongly advised not to liberate or otherwise dispose of a fish for which it is intended to enter a claim until an inspection of the body, dead or alive, has been made by a representative of the committee and permission given for disposal. While claimants should recognise that failure to produce the fish for inspection may prove prejudicial to the acceptance of a claim, the Committee does not bind itself to reject a claim solely because inspection has not been made. All carriage costs incurred in production of the fish for inspection by the committee must be borne by the claimant. 5. Exceptions (a) Claims can not be made for species not included in the Committee Record Fish List other than sea fish species. (b) The Committee will issue at regular intervals its list of British Record (rod-caught)Fish. (c) No fish caught out of season shall be accepted as a new record. (d) A fish for which a record is claimed must be normal and not obviously suffering from any disease by which the weight could be enhanced.
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Specimen Sea Fish Awards Scheme This annual competition opens on 1st December and closes on 30th November of the following year, is open to paid up Members and Members of Affiliated Clubs and is divided into two sections for fish caught from boats or for fish caught from the shore, piers, harbour walls or breakwaters. As an angler you receive a certificate for each specimen fish awarded and can also purchase the appropriate medal to go with it for a small fee. The Sea Angling News trophy is awarded each year to the fishing club with the most entries. How do I enter? The rules and a table of specimen weights, a specimen claim registration form and map of the specimen areas and boundaries can be downloaded from http://www.anglingtrust.net/page.asp?section=639
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