We Are
What is the Salmon & Trout Association ?
Formed in 1903, the Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) is the only UK-wide membership organisation representing the views of game anglers. It is also recognised as the governing body for game angling by Sport England.
So How Does the S&TA Operate?
S&TA has 115,000 individual and club members throughout the UK within a countrywide Branch network. A small professional staff is based in London and Edinburgh and there is access to a full-time lobbyist in Brussels through the European Anglers’ Alliance. The S&TA has excellent contacts in both Houses of Parliament, Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales and the staff have a close working relationship with senior officials in the European Commission, UK Ministries, and the many government agencies.
The Management Council, comprising democratically elected representatives from Wales, Northern Ireland and the nine regions in England, govern the affairs of the Association. Scotland has its own elected Council and a representative attends the Management Council. Policy issues are developed by an appointed Environment and Technical Committee.
The Patron of the S&TA is HRH The Prince of Wales, with the The Duke of Northumberland as the President.
Who does S&TA represent?
This wider work of the S&TA benefits all anglers, game and coarse, but we specifically represent the interests of all game anglers and riparian owners, the species for which they fish and the environment in which those species are found, including:
This wider work of the S&TA benefits all anglers, game and coarse, but we specifically represent the interests of all game anglers and riparian owners, the species for which they fish and the environment in which those species are found, including:
Migratory salmon and sea trout, Wild brown trout and grayling, Rainbow trout in still waters
What issues does the S&TA Address?
The Salmon & Trout Association has three main strands to its work:
Education, Conservation of the Aquatic Environment, Political Power in Parliament
