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Potential speafishing ban in South Wales
- Thread starterAndy Davies
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Copy of my sent email
I OBJECT TO THE INTRODUCTION OF A BY-LAW BANNING THE SPEARING OF FISH.
As a UK diver with over 40 years experience as a spearfisherman I can say with authority that
Spearfishing is the most environmentally friendly way of catching fish to eat
Spearfishing has never been shown to cause overfishing or depletion of stocks.
Where restrictions have been placed on spearfishing this has always been brought about by the vindictive actions of ignorant people who have a vested interest in banning all other fishing methods EXCEPT THEIR OWN.
Please do not be swayed or pressured by such groups. Base your decision on facts. I assure you the facts do not support a ban.
I OBJECT TO THE INTRODUCTION OF A BY-LAW BANNING THE SPEARING OF FISH.
As a UK diver with over 40 years experience as a spearfisherman I can say with authority that
Spearfishing is the most environmentally friendly way of catching fish to eat
Spearfishing has never been shown to cause overfishing or depletion of stocks.
Where restrictions have been placed on spearfishing this has always been brought about by the vindictive actions of ignorant people who have a vested interest in banning all other fishing methods EXCEPT THEIR OWN.
Please do not be swayed or pressured by such groups. Base your decision on facts. I assure you the facts do not support a ban.
Very good point about the vested interests Dave.
What I find amazing is that the ban was suggested by an angler, who thinks flounder spiking is cruel:head I have come across this attitude several times, catch and release anglers who think that anyone who kills a fish is evil (completely ignoring the 10%ish mortality rate amongst released fish) Once all this has blown over I will probably make a freedom of information request to find out who it was, and suggest to the Minister that they are educated about the purposes, powers and responsibilities of a Sea Fisheries Committee
Another nice piece of hypocrisy comes from the BSAC. I spoke to the technical manager who made the statement quoted earlier in the thread. He seemed to think flattie bashing by scuba divers was not spearfishing and would not be covered by any ban! He also said that BSAC had no opinion on spearfishing by freedivers (as BSAC does not have a freediving training program), but objected to snorkelers doing it????????? He got a bit tongue tied when I asked what the difference between a snorkeler and a freediver was, and whether the fish cared anyway
The SWSFC meeting is this friday, so keep emailing those objections over!
cheers
dave
Spearguns by Spearo uk ltd finest supplier of speargun, monofins, speargun and freediving equipment
What I find amazing is that the ban was suggested by an angler, who thinks flounder spiking is cruel:head I have come across this attitude several times, catch and release anglers who think that anyone who kills a fish is evil (completely ignoring the 10%ish mortality rate amongst released fish) Once all this has blown over I will probably make a freedom of information request to find out who it was, and suggest to the Minister that they are educated about the purposes, powers and responsibilities of a Sea Fisheries Committee
Another nice piece of hypocrisy comes from the BSAC. I spoke to the technical manager who made the statement quoted earlier in the thread. He seemed to think flattie bashing by scuba divers was not spearfishing and would not be covered by any ban! He also said that BSAC had no opinion on spearfishing by freedivers (as BSAC does not have a freediving training program), but objected to snorkelers doing it????????? He got a bit tongue tied when I asked what the difference between a snorkeler and a freediver was, and whether the fish cared anyway
The SWSFC meeting is this friday, so keep emailing those objections over!
cheers
dave
Spearguns by Spearo uk ltd finest supplier of speargun, monofins, speargun and freediving equipment
Thanks again for all those who have now sent e-mails in, all of the objections have been excellent. That said keep them coming.
'As part of the process of consultation that the SWSFC has to undertake formal objections have to be counted and reported. What you need to do is to e-mail the committee at SWSFC@aol.com (please copy your e-mail to kevinmannall@hotmail.co.uk so that I have a record of the objections sent.)'
Thanks to everyone Kev
'As part of the process of consultation that the SWSFC has to undertake formal objections have to be counted and reported. What you need to do is to e-mail the committee at SWSFC@aol.com (please copy your e-mail to kevinmannall@hotmail.co.uk so that I have a record of the objections sent.)'
Thanks to everyone Kev
People in glass houses: Live baiting, dead baiting, worm threading, hooked maggots, priests, shellfish baits, hooked birds,... And just think about all those poor minnow, sandeels, small bass/mullet/pollock/mackeral/..., mussels and soft shell crabs we're saving from being eaten alive. BTW I know somebody who is ethically opposed to catch-and-release on the basis that it is inflicts cruelty/pain unnecessarily, wastes of effort/fuel/energy/time, encourages unhealthy and unsustainable fish farming (...and its not me!). Try explaining catch-and-release to somebody unfamiliar with fishing and watch their reaction (incredulity) -- quite entertaining
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How many emails have been sent? Has everybody here sent one? If it starts in one area it will be nationwide in no time.
