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United Clyde Angling Protective Association Ltd

A limited company

Registered in Scotland(60404)

Founded 1887

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A s a n o n -d e p a r t m e n t a l p u b l i c b o d y o f t h e S c o t t i s h G o v e r n m e n t , o u r r o l e i s t o m a k e s u r e t h a t t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a n d h u m a n h e a l t h a r e p r o t e c t e d , t o e n s u r e t h a t S c o t l a n d ’s n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s a n d s e r v i c e s a r e u s e d a s s u s t a i n a b i l i t y a s p o s s i b l e a n d c o n t r i b u t e t o s u s t a i n a b l e e c o n o m i c g r o w t h .

T h e R i v e r f l y P a r t n e r s h i p i s a n e t w o r k o f n e a r l y 1 0 0 p a r t n e r o r g a n i s a t i o n s , r e p r e s e n t i n g a n g l e r s , c o n s e r v a t i o n i s t s , e n t o m o l o g i s t s , s c i e n t i s t s , w a t e r c o u r s e m a n a g e r s a n d r e l e v a n t a u t h o r i t i e s , w o r k i n g t o g e t h e r t o p r o t e c t t h e w a t e r q u a l i t y o f o u r r i v e r s f u r t h e r t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f r i v e r f l y p o p u l a t i o n s a n d a c t i v e l y c o n s e r v e r i v e r f l y h a b i t a t s .

T h e C l y d e a n d A v o n V a l l e y L a n d s c a p e P a r t n e r s h i p (C A V L P ) i s a n e w H e r i t a g e L o t t e r y f u n d e d p r o j e c t w h i c h a i m s t o c o n s e r v e , e n h a n c e a n d c e l e b r a t e t h e u n i q u e l a n d s c a p e a n d c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e o f t h e C l y d e a n d A v o n V a l l e y s .

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"Drew Jaimieson has been a long term friend of United Clyde and frequently wrote enthusiastically about the Clyde in his weekly columns in the Scotsman during the 1980s. He has recently been persuaded to publish some of his writings in three paperbacks which are now available from Amazon at a price of £10 each. The Clyde gets a mention in each of them. They are a very pleasant read being extremely well written which is exactly what I expected from this gentleman and fellow angler."

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