DEFRA's 20 Year Vision

[Leon Roskilly]

Published Today

 

see: http://www.sacn.org.uk/Conservation-and-Po...ear_Vision.html

[H.A.]

Well, commercial fisherman or RSA, don't expect too much.

 

I've just read one of the biggest pieces of govt. drivel I've read for a long time.

 

Put a bunch of fresh grads into the civil service, tell them to bodge together a non-committal piece of non-joined up writing about things they know precious little about and this is what you get.

 

One re-occurring theme is -

'sharing the cost of science, fisheries management and enforcement.'

Regarding what???? The gross salaries of Whitehall civvies who come up with this dross?

 

There's no actions suggested or planning .... yes, it does say there's another document entitled 'towards an implementation plan'; but what a waste of space this so-called vision is.

No wonder so many fishermen (in the general sense) are so loathe to involve themselves in the politics.

 

We've got a monstrous layer of bureaucracy in place of effective government today.

 

It's easier to wade the English Channel than get a sparkle of hope from the twaddle they've dished us up this time!

 

Edited October 2, 2007 by H.A.

[barry luxton]

Havent had time to read the usuall drivel yet, like the bit about improving the management for the rsa, really. Is that something to do with thier in house pensions by any chance.

Edited October 2, 2007 by barry luxton

[Leon Roskilly]

There's no actions suggested or planning .... yes, it does say there's another document entitled 'towards an implementation plan'.............

 

 

http://www.defra.gov.uk/fish/sea/pdf/fish2027draftplan.pdf

[glennk]

So far we have seen a 20 year vision, an RSA Strategy (draft), a letter to HA hinting at Licences and bag limits. There is certainly a lot going on. There is mention of facilities, slipways, places on sea fisheries committee's (little birdie told me the other day that Binatone is the latest NESFC recruit , wonder if his posts here were included in his CV ), artificial reefs, anglers paying for science etc etc etc. But where in all of this is there any mention of the one thing we all want ? More fish ?

 

Will our angling representatives be pointing out the lack of any real incentives to the powers that be ?

[Leon Roskilly]

Will our angling representatives be pointing out the lack of any real incentives to the powers that be ?

 

 

Yep!

 

But they need those letters to keep going in from anglers to DEFRA and MPs to make them really listen.

 

(especially with all this talk of election in the air!)

[Leon Roskilly]

So far we have seen a 20 year vision, an RSA Strategy (draft), a letter to HA hinting at Licences and bag limits. There is certainly a lot going on.

 

 

Actually there is a 'log-jam' of RSA issues that DEFRA is sitting on, waiting for the Minister to get his decision of the bass mls out of the way.

 

(There was a meeting with the Minister at DEFRA yesterday, attended by both angling reps and commercial reps).

 

I understand that DEFRA officials are getting as frustrated at their inability to make progress on these issues as anglers are, and that must be a first!!

Edited October 2, 2007 by Leon Roskilly

[H.A.]

Were you at that meeting, Leon?????????

[Leon Roskilly]

Were you at that meeting, Leon?????????

 

 

No, not me.

[H.A.]

Well who the hell was????

 

The same idiot who represented RSAs at the infamous BASS MLS deferment, perhaps ... SW Assoc of Sea Anglers aka friends of the NFFO??!!!!!!!