Origin of the species

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Today’s staunch game-fisher has good reason to thank yesterday’s stolid coarse angler, writes Mike Handyside

Calverton’s kingpin looks back on a life of fish management

Simon Smith reflects on the recent news that mackerel stocks are in deep trouble, as yet another species is brought to the brink of collapse by greed and incompetent management by politicians

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