glipper Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 According to this report the EU has no plans to license UK pleasure boats. So it's just another EU scaremongering story from the little englanders. Nothing to worry about. http://www.onlinefishing.tv/news/no-quotas-for-ordinary-uk-sea-anglers/ Dont you believe it Arabia Terra we have plenty to worry about i have been a member off EFSA (European federation of sea anglers) for years now and i got a email about this ages ago we are all in the EU so how can the UK be exempt from rubbish like this???.. the UK is the fisheries that get hammered every time by the EU if we dont this time it will be the first!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 The thing is, Glipper. How would they enforce this? It's impossible. Short of putting a GPS transponder on everything that floats. What's much more likely, if they even go through with this, is that any fish market will have to register any landings for sale by pleasure boats. This will be recorded and once the markets limit is reached, no more fish will be bought except from proper fishing boats. From what I read this definitely seemed to be aimed at pleasure boats which occasionally land fish for sale (as does seem to happen in some parts of the EU) rather than being a means to control all sea angling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Yeah, this is utter nonsense. Another one size fits all blanket law from Brussels which will be impossible to police. Are the SFPA gunboats going to come inshore to greet me in my 16' boat and check my logbook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepshagger Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 ^ in a simple answer medz yes, they've got a track record in that department Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 THE FISHERIES Commission has confirmed over 3 million recreational European fishermen will not be subject to quotas outlined in the Common Fisheries Policy. link hope that's not an april fool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ertieiddabanks Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 "only recreational fishermen fishing off a vessel in the open sea and who catch fish which are under recovery plans are subject to the controls applied to professional fishermen. Shore and pier anglers or those fishing from a canoe or kayak will not be affected". Sounds like we will be subject to quotas. I don't know anyone who doesn't have a boat bigger than a kayak. "The Commission went further to say that the normal angling enthusiast who catches an insignificant number of fish and uses it exclusively for their own, private, consumption will not be subject to the control regulation, even if the angler catches fish currently under a recovery plan, such as cod". And here there's no clarification for boat fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 what fish species other than cod are in the recovery plan?had a quick look but couldn't see anything obvious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Well, there is of course quotas on everything except monks (maybe even them noo) Objectively, you have to consider angling competitions, for example, where hundreds of pounds of fish are landed every week. Its no secret, there may be nothing wrong with it,(unless it is dumped), but that quantity of fish would keep a small seine netter in the black, so you can't disregard all recreational angling as insignificant. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 ^ you're spot on with the comp's thing Njugle, personaly I think competitions should come up with a better way to record catches and try more to implement some sort of catch and release system. Specially if the fish just end up getting dumped. I know some comps send their fish to the market and others give it out free to old folks in the area which is fine but dumping on any scale is a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeboul Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 1.4 million people enjoy sea fishing off Britain! Lots of fishing charters live on this. This could have a serious impact on tourist earnings. They are not realistic with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arfski Posted August 7, 2019 Report Share Posted August 7, 2019 1.4 million people enjoy sea fishing off Britain! Lots of fishing charters live on this. This could have a serious impact on tourist earnings. They are not realistic with this. You're nearly a decade out of date... admin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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