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Post by theoldfart on Mar 2, 2012 21:23:56 GMT
Owing to overfishing and the depletion of fish stocks , I think everyone who reads this site should campaign for a total ban on all fishing in the months of June and July.
The reason is that this is the breeding season for fish . (Now if I am a week or so out we will move the ban to accommodate that)
All commercial fishing will be stopped and the government will pay compensation for of them not fishing; according to their catches over the last 5 years. Same for charter boats and tackle shops.
How will the government afford this?
Stop paying 'aid' to foreign country's , ie Argentina etc and start looking after our own resources.
Anglers will have a two month break ,ie closed season, as I believe the freshwater lot do.
But it will be for the good of fish stocks and ensure we have fish to catch in the future.
I doubt that any member of this web site, would put their own selfish need to fish in June or July above safeguarding fish stocks for future generations and their own old age.
'Tell the truth and shame the devil' .... is it right for us to keep catching fish full of roe that are going to their breeding grounds?
And if not ,,,, do you agree with my thread?
Don't just say ;It will never happen, Stranger things have!!!
The worst thing anyone can say ,is nothing!!!
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Post by Dyer on Mar 2, 2012 23:51:52 GMT
in the perfect world though hey!
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Post by snowy on Mar 3, 2012 7:27:40 GMT
It will never happen!!!
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Post by olly on Mar 3, 2012 15:47:36 GMT
dont no how to reply to this
but its a bit of a catch 22 again just like school holidays and airlines and holiday companys put up the prices to sting us
june and july prolly the warmest 2 months of the year for anglers to get out and enjoy there sport and most anglers dont keep there catch.
i carnt comment on commercial fisherman as i dont know any.
and as drew mentioned what would the tackle and bait shops do apart from loose the best 2 months of the year with tradeing.
theres enough unemployment in the uk without makeing more
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Post by eccles on Mar 3, 2012 15:49:54 GMT
Problem:- Different fish breed at different times, have a look here: www.uk-fish.info/ |
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Post by theoldfart on Mar 3, 2012 19:43:07 GMT
I put post on to get people to put their views on this site so people have something to read and reply to.
I hope the people who go on this site do not all agree with me , but at least I put questions on that ,others can comment on.
How many threads have you put on ?
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Post by theoldfart on Mar 3, 2012 20:00:50 GMT
I did actually say in the original thread that tackle shops etc would get compensation.
We all know it will never happen , but it is something to comment upon.
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Post by Sunny on Mar 4, 2012 12:26:23 GMT
Its a challenging thread TOF. Nothing wrong with suggesting ways of solving the problem of depleting fish stock...so good on yeah for putting in the effort. My favourite species spawns offshore in February and March....so a mid-summer ban would have no adverse effect on stocks. Gillnetters are mostly unofficial scumbags who do it as alternative to crimes for which they will get punished if caught. They are never going to respect a ban on fishing as they already operate outside of the law. Limiting trawler activity would only improve spawning of some species. But the regional fisheries committees already have the powers to protect spawning grounds....and don't. Anglers catch rates are so low as to be insignificant to any of our fish stock species....so banning angling would not help stocks. If you do the base maths on Bass & Cod comparing tonnage of line caught and trawl tons it become blatantly obvious where the fish go ! The impact of recreational angling extends well beyond the obvious charter boats and tackle shops. To take away their revenue stream at the height of their season would be a considerable impact; and very expensive for the taxpayer. It would also have the potential to remove a small number of anglers from the total...those who only fish the mid-summer; and that would be a sad loss of reasonable amenity to those people...all because of the obscene greed of the commercial fishermen. Just my thoughts on the polemic  |
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Post by theoldfart on Mar 5, 2012 20:29:12 GMT
Sorry just said charter boats and tackle shops missed out the '
'etc'
I remember that we used to fish at Brook in the early 70's when the bass came in to breed.
People used to actually camp down there to be on the spot when those bass came in .
We used to go out in the boat, (seagull driven) and fish with 'Red Gills'.
Tell you that was a sight.
The shoals would swim under the boat. hundreds?thousands of Bass. All big fish and we were there with spinning rods and a Red Gill. Most we ever got was 12 in one go , then the freezer was full !
Then along came a boat . I believe it was called the Ann Gill Marie or some such.
2 miles of gill net they said went down.
Two years later , all the bass were gone , never to return.
Gill netters had two good years , but the bass price went down.
Without them we would still be fishing there now . What the anglers took was bugger all . Even the ones that really hit it never took more than 5 stone a time, and normally that was only on the weekends rest of the week we was all at work.
Sunny is right, gill nets xxix everything along with ,tangle nets ,ghost nets etc.
Trouble is the less they catch the more net they put out!!
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