EU Crackdown on Anglers

[Brian]

I wonder what they mean by "significant impact".

The number of fish I catch would make zero impact.

 

Eu Purge

[petesnr]

Although none of us want any restriction on our angling activity it has to said that following on from the previous post most of us would not actually be affected by limits on landings as firstly we don't catch that much and secondly we return many that we do catch.

We are still being confused with those who are not registered fishermen but who catch fish for gain.

Where Charter Skippers fit into the picture is largely down to how they manage the anglers who fish with them in terms of catch brought back to land. Therein lies a problem when fishing in deep water for pollack and cod as these species often do not survive the journey to the surface when their swimbladders have blown.

To bring back 800kg of pollack on one trip as has been rumoured to have happened recently does leave an uneasy feeling in the stomach but begs the question of how much would have been caught by a commercial netter if he had access to the same shoals? It seems unlikely that rod and line angling could match the destruction of miles of wreck nets.

I think all of us have to read the writing on the wall and realise that in order to keep our freedoms we will have to keep our act squeaky clean. We then have grounds for legimate arguments over bag limits and quotas.

 

Peter