You may have already seen that Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor of the Daily Telegraph, covered sea angling in today’s front page story “Sea anglers may be forced to buy a licence†– Click here – this story includes the opportunity to have your say.
Related to this is an ongoing petition on the 10 Downing Street Website which says: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to withdraw the proposal of a recreational sea anglers rod licence fee from the white paper marine bill published on 15 March 2007.†This runs until October and can be signed up to here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/anglers/
The Countryside Alliance is concerned that sea angling licences would be all but impossible to enforce and would provide sea anglers with no discernible benefits �” see our press release on this issue here http://www.countryside-alliance.org.uk/angling_campaigns/angling_views/Sea_angling_licences_”unenforceable_and_bureaucratic”/
