Britain's First No Fishing Zone

[Elton]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but it looks as if the turkeys have already started voting for Christmas:

 

http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.p...rough_Head.html

[les middy]

Only in the title did it say no fishing

 

The rest of the article it just says NO TAKE which to me means just what it says no take,

 

fish that area but throw it all back

[1984]

reading between the lines , no take zone is just a polite way of saying keep out conservation area,

trespasses will be prosecuted.

[glennk]

The fishing in that area is not much cop, so I think it was sacrificed to keep Natural England happy. The fun will start if and when they want to put one of these zones slap bang in the middle of the best angling grounds.

[Steve Walker]

Feels like the erosion of a fundamental principle.

[Leon Roskilly]

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