craftycarper 0 Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) EU Article 47 could destroy sea angling. If you are haven't heard about it or are unsure of what the issues are, look at the bottom of the page. Next week MEPs are meeting to discuss the proposals which would require recreational anglers throughout the EU to : Have to pay for a license Be Subject to quota/bag limits - once you have caught that, pack up and go home Have to fill in catch returns in log books Along with these, catch and release will be banned and you will lose the right to roam. This will apply equally to all forms of angling - shore, boat, charter or competition. How can you help - please email the MEP’s, all you need to say is, you are opposed to article 47 of the EU common fisheries policy control regulationss which links recreational fisheries to commercial catches. It can be a one liner or ten pages, the main thing is you act. All you need to do is copy and paste the following into your email address line - david@martinmep.com; ian.hudghton@europarl.europa.eu; elspeth.attwooll@europarl.europa.eu; john.purvis@europarl.europa.eu; alyn.smith@europarl.europa.eu; struan.stevenson@europarl.europa.eu; cstihlermep@btconnect.com . If you want to add more then look at the ssacn response, http://tinyurl.com/78llql, a copy of the draft regulation can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Fi...ewofcontrolreg Edited January 20, 2009 by craftycarper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 It's a disgrace. I've started a thread in the fishing section about it: http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=81673 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy s410c 63 Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Well it's been coming for a few year now It's just another stealth tax on a pastime which millions of people enjoy.Get your quota & pack up chance to be a fine thing!!!I've hardly wet a line in 3 years the North Sea's barren (IMO).Why should sea anglers pay for the right to fish when King John & the Magna Carta has given us the right to do it for free!! While i'm on me soapbox how would they police it,get the stocks of cod to a sustainable level,stop the illegal fishing by spicks,wops & frenchies in our waters,inshore netting by our own lads...the list is nearly endless!!!!!! I worked on the trawlers at North Shields & Sunderland for a couple of years '88-90 & the fleet was just scraping by then..our fishing fleet is long gone & by the looks of it the pleasure angler will follow PS:rant over Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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