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Post by eccles on Apr 23, 2007 19:47:39 GMT
I feel that I must remind you all that if you have not yet signed the e-petitions on the 'net against sea fishing rod licenses you need to do it soon. This government of ours is proposing to make us all pay £22/year to fish the sea, which has been a common law right for 800 years. They say they will use the money to help conserve inshore fish stocks but they are not asking the inshore trawlers who cause far more damage than we do to pay anything. In other words it's another way they have dreamed up to squeeze more money out of you. The petitions are already set up on the 10 Downing Street website, you just need to go there and "sign" at the moment there are no-where near enough signatures to get them to take any notice so just do it gents.
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Post by peterpan3494 on Apr 23, 2007 19:53:31 GMT
try posting a link to the site mate
would help others like robster that has trouble seeing ha ha
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Post by dean macey on Apr 23, 2007 20:07:24 GMT
it is about time we had one.bring some order to our sport.as responsible anglers with the sport coming first.it has done no harm to freshwater angling with many positive results towards our club and the conservation of our enviroment.
by the way i am sure trawlers are licenced also.not that i am bothered they are a menace.
give it a chance
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Post by eccles on Apr 23, 2007 20:28:45 GMT
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Post by dean macey on Apr 23, 2007 22:17:06 GMT
i am sorry mate but we cannot blame trawlers for everything.many anglers take undersized fish home and it goes unaccounted,ask any coarse angler if fish get taken and on the whole the answer is no.discarded rubbish on beaches by anglers,etc,etc,etc.this cannot be a money thing as 22 pounds buys you nothing.australia has a sea licence and with 14 million population and god knows how much beach they still manage to police it.my drivers brother is their and his mate got fined thousands for taking small fish and that cannot happen in england as we have no authority.all this freedom of the beach and so on well you could say that about just about everything you get charged for,water for one.
and with some authority in place maybe then a concerted effort can be made to tackle the scumbag trawlers.fishing will forever live in the dark ages unless we move on.have a good look at your locakl canals and their beauty,all paid for with licence money,
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Post by meoc4life on Apr 24, 2007 5:41:24 GMT
i dont catch fish most of the time ill sign it
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Post by Lavy on Apr 24, 2007 9:02:37 GMT
Think if they get this through it will just be the tip of the iceberg, next it will be licences for bait digging etc.
I wonder how they propose to licence anglers who boat fish outside the 12 mile limit.
Have signed and forwarded the link to all my mates .
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Post by solehunter on Apr 24, 2007 10:26:04 GMT
Pearsonally i think it will be fun dodging the fishing wardens. One eye on the rod and one eye over the shoulder. It may even make a dull evening a bit more exciting adding a poaching element to the game.
As said before it cant be policed with the amount of coastline we have in Britain so its just a money grabbing con. (lets hope the conservatives dont get in or the price of one will double.)
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Post by maninblack on Apr 24, 2007 12:26:35 GMT
Hi Eccles,
Have already signed on the WSF forum.
M.I.B
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Post by slippery on Apr 24, 2007 14:51:56 GMT
www.mfa.gov.uk/tell these people your thoughts dean see the reaction!! this is what your up against feck the rod license nothing but theft they have already stole our future generations sport through allowing LEGAL nets/trawling Every year they get a independent source to "advise" on how much of what can be caught with the chance of said species re-populating and do the government go by these advisements?  ? WAKE UP its gone to far for a £22 per year per angler making any difference see the problem for what it is............... Remember commercials pay BIG for a license so that their trade can be protected and policed and its not working, still illegal netting going on still some catching well above there allowance and LOADS getting away with it and its policed!! can you restock the seas like a pond/lake?? NO so my £22 per year is staying in my pocket no matter what the outcome or who it upsets! If they were to maybe deem a few fish sport fish like bass/tope/congers and a few others I would pay into a sporting license tommorrow..................
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Post by skatenchips on Apr 24, 2007 15:32:17 GMT
Years ago I used to fish the open match circuit all round the country,each county/boundary had its own fee for visiting anglers
it could be £7.50 in hampshire and £10.00 in Berkshire.
so I am happy that there is a uniform "national" cost per season
I would rather not pay it.....but have to say the EA has really
cleaned up the Thames which is my local patch...
spillages and deliberate dumping are acted on really harshly
through the courts......bloody good job i say.....
That said....having now joined you guys in Sea Angling
I think its a liberty that the "BIG" open stretched hand is now chasing me into your territory. for more money
Im all for conservation and forward planning and im afraid the
100,s of assholes flouting the law with indiscriminate netting
inshore and offshore have to be purged ...but why should I pay for it.;;;close the borders and save all the funding wasted on
stopping johny foreighner coming to our shores and use that money to fund ya police checks on illegal netsman.
In my opinion there should be more shore areas allocated
to nursury growth of our native species to fill the stop gap of
fish that has been removed by over fishing.
Ok..so we as shore anglers would lose some precious areas of
beach or creek but the scabby netsman couldnt get to em either.
yes by all means i might dig deep to nurture my angling future with fish farms etc...if it was operated properly but I aint givin a cent if my long term interests werent being looked after.
Gaz
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Post by slippery on Apr 24, 2007 15:48:36 GMT
I aggree but its the LEGAL netting doing the damage too.......................
Sandown bay where i go out regular in a boat is nearly fished out and its been done properly within the commercial laws................
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Post by anthonyk on Apr 24, 2007 15:52:02 GMT
How do they manage to make it work in the USA. Manys the time
that I have been sea fishing a asked for my license, and don't forget these ag and game people are armed. When I have been boat fishing, filleted fish have apiece of skin left attached to the fillet so they can see if came from something illegal. all fish have a size limit as to what you can keep and what you have to put back.
The fishing might be no better but at least you know where your money goes. ;D
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Post by meoc4life on Apr 24, 2007 16:14:06 GMT
signed
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Post by hertsbod on Apr 27, 2007 19:17:05 GMT
Already done!!!
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