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Published on: 1/14/2007
Last Visited: 5/4/2007
For further information please contact: Martin Read, Press Officer on 01709 584590 (martin.read@blueyonder.co.uk).
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During the AGM the Executive Chairman, Martin Read, paid tribute to the organisation he had inherited from the late Terry Mansbridge and thanked the National Council for the way it had worked to maintain the momentum of the organisation, despite the huge hole left by Terry's sad and premature death.
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Chairman of NAFAC, Martin Read commented, "This result demonstrates what can be achieved by Fisheries and Angling organisations working together on behalf of anglers, angling, and fisheries throughout the country.
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Following the recently announced appointment of Martin Read as Executive Chairman of NAFAC, the position which Martin formerly held of Press Officer has been filled by National Council representative for the North West, Steve Griffiths.
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For further information please contact: Martin Read, Press Officer on 01709 584590 (martin.read@blueyonder.co.uk).
Issued on 28 November 2006
New Executive
NAFAC is pleased to announce that, with immediate effect, Mr Martin Read has been appointed Executive Chairman of the organisation.
Martin Read, who is 61 years old and lives in Swinton, South Yorkshire, is recently retired from the steel industry, and is a well known angler and journalist in the North East.He is the Chairman of both the Phoenix and Parkgate AC and the Kilnhurst and District Angling Alliance in addition to being on the National Council of NAFAC, and for which he has worked in the role of Press Officer.He is a director of Fisheries and Angling Conservation Trust (FACT), and also a member of the North East RFERAC.Perhaps his biggest claim to fame was organising a 36,000 signature petition to Government on the problem of cormorants, and his involvement in the Moran Committee Bird Group, which successfully negotiated relaxations in the licensing procedure for shooting the birds.
Martin takes over the role as Chairman of NAFAC, following the death of Terry Mansbridge earlier in the year.
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Martin Read is available for interview, and may be contacted on:
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Martin Read.Press Officer.NAFAC.01709 584590
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NAFAC National Council member and long time campaigner for a better deal for anglers regarding cormorant predation, Martin Read, was delighted with the figures adding, 'These figures clearly demonstrate the need to control cormorants at fisheries.
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NAFAC National Council member and long term cormorant campaigner Martin Read commented, 'For years anglers have highlighted the problems caused by cormorants but their comments have gone unheard, although the adverse effects of numbers of cormorants on their immediate environment has long been recognised in Scandinavia.
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