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Hi all,

 

I was wondering if anyone on here can help. I was talking to several anglers with reference to the shooting of cormorants and someone mentioned that the birds are now classed as 2 different types costal and inland. Allegedly if it is classed as a costal bird you can legally dispatch it without a special licence.

 

My questions would be:

 

1 Is there any truth in this?

2 If it is true how do you classify what is a costal bird?

 

Your help on this matter would be very interesting indeed.

 

Many thanks,

Tight Lines, Dibbly88

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Hi all,

 

I was wondering if anyone on here can help. I was talking to several anglers with reference to the shooting of cormorants and someone mentioned that the birds are now classed as 2 different types costal and inland. Allegedly if it is classed as a costal bird you can legally dispatch it without a special licence.

 

My questions would be:

 

1 Is there any truth in this?

2 If it is true how do you classify what is a costal bird?

 

Your help on this matter would be very interesting indeed.

 

Many thanks,

 

 

Why would you want to shoot a cormorant in any event?

Free to choose apart from the ones where the trust poked their nose in. Common eel. tope. Bass and sea bream. All restricted.


New for 2016 TAT are the main instigators for the demise of the u k bass charter boat industry, where they went screaming off to parliament and for the first time assisting so called angling gurus set up bass take bans with the e u using rubbish exaggerated info collected by ices from anglers, they must be very proud.

Upgrade, the door has been closed with regards to anglers being linked to the e u superstate and the failed c f p. So TAT will no longer need to pay monies to the EAA anymore as that org is no longer relevant to the u k . Goodbye to the europeon anglers alliance and pathetic restrictions from the e u.

Angling is better than politics, ban politics from angling.

Consumer of bass. where is the evidence that the u k bass stock need angling trust protection. Why won't you work with your peers instead of castigating them. They have the answer.

Recipie's for mullet stew more than welcomed.

Angling sanitation trust and kent and sussex sea anglers org delete's and blocks rsa's alternative opinion on their face book site. Although they claim to rep all.

new for 2014. where is the evidence that the south coast bream stock need the angling trust? Your campaign has no evidence. Why won't you work with your peers, the inshore under tens? As opposed to alienating them? Angling trust failed big time re bait digging, even fish legal attempted to intervene and failed, all for what, nothing.

Looks like the sea angling reps have been coerced by the ifca's to compose sea angling strategy's that the ifca's at some stage will look at drafting into legislation to manage the rsa, because they like wasting tax payers money. That's without asking the rsa btw. You know who you are..

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Hi all,

 

I was wondering if anyone on here can help. I was talking to several anglers with reference to the shooting of cormorants and someone mentioned that the birds are now classed as 2 different types costal and inland. Allegedly if it is classed as a costal bird you can legally dispatch it without a special licence.

 

My questions would be:

 

1 Is there any truth in this?

2 If it is true how do you classify what is a costal bird?

 

Your help on this matter would be very interesting indeed.

 

Many thanks,

answer to question 1: No All wild birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside act (1981) plus amendments and it is illegal to kill, injure or take a bird or eggs or to disturb a bird whilst nesting. Fines of up to £5,000 (per offence) and/or 6 months inside are the penalties!

 

Answer to question 2: A differently shaped gular (throat) patch but this is very very difficult in the field and not necessarily diagnostic!

Eating wild caught fish is good for my health, reduces food miles and keeps me fit trying to catch them........it's my choice to do it, not yours to stop me!

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The reason would be to prevent the predation problem on our club water, we are situated adjacent to the coast and in the past couple of years we have been heavily bombarded by the birds. We have been actively deterring the predation problem by making fish safe havens and stringing ropes with reflectors across the water and placing scarecrow type devices. Therefore as a small club with limited funds we can ill afford for the problem to remain. I am fully aware that shooting the bird will not stop the problem but it will go a long way toward assisting our previous efforts.

Tight Lines, Dibbly88

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When you have obtained a licence to shoot one.

 

They are under open licence now, but that doesn't mean that you don't need a licence.

 

Shooting won't really do much anyway, it's a bit like trying to dig a hole in a swamp.

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When you have obtained a licence to shoot one.

 

They are under open licence now, but that doesn't mean that you don't need a licence.

 

Shooting won't really do much anyway, it's a bit like trying to dig a hole in a swamp.

Licence No. WMLA06. I wouldn't have described that as an "open" licence though. There are conditions!

 

Oops a quick edit, I got the licence number wrong!

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Eating wild caught fish is good for my health, reduces food miles and keeps me fit trying to catch them........it's my choice to do it, not yours to stop me!

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Licence No. WMLA06. I wouldn't have described that as an "open" licence though. There are conditions!

 

 

Exactly!

 

Actually, I should have more accurately said 'Open General Licence' I was paraphrasing, or I got it wrong - most likely the latter.

 

EDIT: BIG MAJOR EDIT: They are not covered under Open Geneal Licence. I was misled. I just checked and they are not on the list. My previous advice that they were was bunkum.

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Exactly!

 

Actually, I should have more accurately said 'Open General Licence' I was paraphrasing, or I got it wrong - most likely the latter.

 

EDIT: BIG MAJOR EDIT: They are not covered under Open Geneal Licence. I was misled. I just checked and they are not on the list. My previous advice that they were was bunkum.

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Eating wild caught fish is good for my health, reduces food miles and keeps me fit trying to catch them........it's my choice to do it, not yours to stop me!

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