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An annual permit of around £100 will solve the problem and help police the snorkellers
I must confess to not having researched this as much as others on here, but at a quick glance my impression is that the fisheries policy is discussing commercial fishing, so has probably has little or no impact on recreational fishermen such as us.
I'm a little concerned that there's a little bit of noisy paranoia which if we don't control, even though well intended, could end up creating a problem that previously didn't exist.
I'm sure that most of us would agree that to the uninitiated our sport can be perceived as cruel and barbaric, and us seen as plunderers of the oceans making easy pickings of anything that swims by. Especially with youtube videos of large fish getting hit every 2 minutes and divers holding their trophies of large bass catch around their neck, it all looks so easy. But the truth is that most people are completely unaware that we exist at all and I feel that in trying to educate will will inadvertently bring ourselves more attention and create more swell against us.
I still meet people who express their disdain for what we do and then pop of to McDonalds for a burger. We need to be mindful of how we will be perceived and just not hope that legitimacy, facts and common sense will prevail, because for many all you can expect is an ill informed knee jerk and the damage will be done.
Did you just start that with 'I don't know what I'm talking about but ....'
Mods . Is there anyway of checking if Simos has hacked his password ?
Did you just start that with 'I don't know what I'm talking about but ....'
Mods . Is there anyway of checking if Simos has hacked his password ?
I remember some discussion as to whether spearfishermen as a group should stand with other established pro-fishing groups or seek to separate themselves; I think mostly the pro-spearing groups joined the pro-fishing side since those guys are vast and better funded.
2. Anglers in South Wales tried to get their fisheries to ban it. Presumably out of spite. Personally I believe the Welsh deserve the right to spear at least as much as everybody else. Cry rhyddid!
Join the Countryside Alliance. Last I recall it was headed by a female Labour MP who likes to huntThey are currently asking members to find out where the Police Commissioner candidates stand on hunting and to let them know that we value our right to hunt/shoot/fish. Read Field magazine - they and their readers were supportive in the EU campaign, great, lively mag too.
Any credible evidence for that statement?We don't seem to have too many friends out there?
So we have arguably established that we are under threat in the UK...
I must confess to not having researched this as much as others on here, but at a quick glance my impression is that the fisheries policy is discussing commercial fishing, so has probably has little or no impact on recreational fishermen such as us.
I'm a little concerned that there's a little bit of noisy paranoia which if we don't control, even though well intended, could end up creating a problem that previously didn't exist.
I'm sure that most of us would agree that to the uninitiated our sport can be perceived as cruel and barbaric, and us seen as plunderers of the oceans making easy pickings of anything that swims by. Especially with youtube videos of large fish getting hit every 2 minutes and divers holding their trophies of large bass catch around their neck, it all looks so easy. But the truth is that most people are completely unaware that we exist at all and I feel that in trying to educate will will inadvertently bring ourselves more attention and create more swell against us.
I still meet people who express their disdain for what we do and then pop of to McDonalds for a burger. We need to be mindful of how we will be perceived and just not hope that legitimacy, facts and common sense will prevail, because for many all you can expect is an ill informed knee jerk and the damage will be done.
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