SAA seek a commitment from the major political parties to publicly endorse the importance and social and economic benefits of angling and to support considerably increased public support for the sport and its management.

SAA seek a commitment from the major political parties to guarantee the protection of angling and anglers from extreme animal rights activists, and to ensure that the public is properly informed about the sport.

SAA seek a commitment from the major political parties to a strategy for managing bird predation on fish stocks to be developed by the Government in partnership with fisheries, angling and conservation interests and the Environment Agency.

SAA seek a commitment from the major political parties for adequate financial support from the Government for the Environment Agency’s fisheries work. Funding which reflects the importance of this work to society as a whole and allows the financial burden carried by anglers to be cut by at least half.

SAA seek endorsement of “negotiation, payment and the acceptance of responsibility” as the right way for securing access to inland waters without public rights of navigation.

SAA seek the development of more sustainable farming practices to reduce overgrazing, pollution, siltation, abstraction and eutrophication.

SAA seek changes to the management of other water based recreations so that wherever it is necessary to impose close seasons for fishing to protect fish stocks and wildlife, other activities will be constrained as well.

SAA seek equal status for recreational sea fishing with commercial sea fishing in the EC, full representation on the EC Fisheries Committee, and recognition of the importance of the sustainability of fish stocks for recreational sea fishing as well as for commercial fishing.

SAA seek a ban on the use of monofilament gill nets in all EC waters.

SAA seek a thorough revision of legislation governing the importation and movement of all live freshwater fish and eels, including ornamental varieties, and the implementation of effective controls.

SAA seek a ban on the sale of rod caught fish, the introduction of a carcass tagging scheme, and the introduction of a bag limit for salmon rod anglers during the next parliament.

SAA seek internationally agreed controls on marine fish farming to protect wild salmon and sea trout stocks and the food fish used to produce farm feeds.