This might be the year of baby steps after years of treading water.

[Mal Thomas]

Having spent a fair amount of time pestering and questioning different agencies regards sustainable fishing, I am seeing some seeds of change, even support. Now is the time to make even more inclusive effort between all the fishing community.

We will be sending out a few letters and the more signatures or backing we can show the greater the effectiveness, please make the effort to support these seeds of change.
I know only too well that we have had years of form filling and Surveys, many believing it will likely end up in more sanctions or bag limits and it often has. Now our stakeholder status is finally being recognised especially with the AT who we thought were not ready to take on the RSA cause, seems they are. They also have a seat at the right table. We are standing up for the future of the fishing area we fish for the following generations, nothing here will be short term, it is a long game at Glacial pace.

[Leicester Fisheagle]

After our last Meeting with Senior SIFCA, I felt that there were more glimmers of hope and that we are starting to be listened to.

 

The Senior Fisheries also clearly recognised the Angling Trust as a voice for Sea Anglers. 

 

Thank you Mal and other Club Members that attended the Meeting which was

expected to last an hour or two, but went on for three hours with, at times, frank exchanges.

Both sides generally listening to each other and some new channels of communication seem slowly to be opening up.

Allan

[jerry.shutter]

Sounds good news, well done all who attended especially Mal and Alan.