Our Mission
To conserve and enhance the native fish stocks and the natural habitat of the Frome, Piddle and West Dorset Rivers
To act as a pressure group to endorse those interests and promote projects within other organisations in which it is invited to participate through partnerships
Formed over 60 years ago we strive to uphold the Environment Agency’s (E.A.) statutory duty “to maintain, improve and develop salmon, trout, eel and freshwater fisheries”. We do this in partnership with many other organisations and of course on behalf of our own membership, made up of fishery owners, tenants and fishermen. We are an entirely voluntary organisation, the members all sharing a deep love of and concern for our rivers. Over the decades we have worked with the old Water Authority, The National Rivers Authority and currently with the E.A., indeed our longest serving Hon.Sec Chris Rothwell was for many years Chairman of the E.A.’s Regional Fisheries Advisory Committee.