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Date: 15 July 2011

 

BIGGEST EVER NATIONAL SEA ANGLING SURVEY TO BOOST SPORT

 

Sea anglers in England are to be asked what fish they catch and what they return in the biggest ever survey of the sport in England.

 

The survey, Sea Angling 2012, aims to find out how many people enjoy the sport, how much fish they catch, what is returned alive, and how important the sport is to the country’s economy.

 

UK Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon, said:

 

“I want sea angling to have a bright future, but to achieve this we must understand what sea anglers are catching, what is being returned alive, and the economic and social benefits the sport provides.

 

“This is a chance for sea anglers to make sure their interests are taken into account when policies to improve and conserve fish stocks around our coast are developed”

 

Sea Angling 2012 will be run with the help of a steering group including sea anglers and sector representatives. Its first meeting was on July 6 at Defra in London.

 

European legislation requires EU Member States to collect and report data on recreational catches of certain species - including bass, cod and sharks – where it is needed to give a clearer picture of how fishing activities are affecting the stocks.

 

If Sea Angling 2012 and similar surveys in Europe highlight circumstances where anglers should play an important role in conserving vulnerable or overexploited stocks, Defra would seek to agree voluntary measures to avoid having controls imposed from Brussels.

The data obtained in Sea Angling 2012 will allow the importance and needs of recreational sea angling to be more effectively represented in future discussions on marine management at local, national and EU level.

 

 

Notes for Editors

 

For more information go to http://www.seaangling2012.org.uk/

 

Sea Angling 2012 will be carried out by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), and the new local Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs).

 

Sea Angling 2012 will give sea anglers input as the new IFCAs develop their policies for managing sustainable forms of all types of fishing within six nautical miles of the coast.

 

Sea Angling 2012 – Additional Information

 

 

Sea Angling 2012 - is to be launched in August 2011 to find out both what is caught and how important the sport is to businesses round the coast of England.

The survey project will collect information on English recreational sea angling – both boat and shore - to find out what fish is retained and what is returned.

It also aims to find the most accurate and cost effective ways of collecting information on sea angling catches for the future.

Sea Angling 2012 will also find out how much anglers spend on their sport and assess sea angling’s economic impact on related businesses in 2011 and 2012. This part of the project is a one-off, and not likely to be repeated.

Sea Angling 2012 will be carried out by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and by the new local Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs).

The project aims to :

 

• Provide more accurate information on sea anglers’ activities so that their interests can be better represented in the Marine Conservation Zones, marine planning, and marine policy making at national and local level.

 

 

 

• Benefit sea anglers through greater involvement in the conservation work of their local IFCAs.

 

 

• Support the UK to carry out sampling of recreational fisheries that is a legal requirement under EU legislation.

 

 

 

• Provide sea angling clubs and bodies with useful information to allow development of their own views and policies.

 

 

 

 

The Project

 

Sea Angling 2012 will be in four work streams each collecting different data to provide a detailed overview of all forms of sea angling in England.

 

 

Stream 1 To provide estimates of how many people go sea angling in England and how often the Marine Management Organisation will use the Office for National Statistics. ONS, household surveys in Great Britain at three monthly intervals. Information will be broken down by region and type of angling – shore, chartered and private boats. Data on catch and releases of cod and bass will be obtained from the survey. The data collected by the ONS survey will contribute to the economic analysis.

 

 

Stream 2 The MMO will gather data from charter boat owners and skippers to establish number of trips and catches over 12 months in 2011-12. It will compile regional lists of vessels their typical activities and target species. A sampling scheme will be set up to estimate total catches and releases of species including cod, bass and sharks.

 

 

Stream 3 To collect data on shore fishing and private boat angling sea anglers will be interviewed while fishing or at the end of their trips by IFCA sraff, or surveyors appointed by them, working in collaboration with Cefas.

 

They will collect data on fishing effort, catches, releases and some economic variables over 12 months in 2011-2012.

 

Stream 4 A study to determine the economic value of all aspects of the recreational sea angling industry, including spending by individual anglers and the value of activities linked to the sport such as tackle retailing and manufacturing; manufacturing, sales, and maintenance of boats; angling charters, and tourism.

 

 

An additional web-based tool will be set up on the project web-site to allow anglers to supply more detailed information on angling activities, catches, and expenditure on sea angling in different areas around England.

 

 

 

 

• SHORE and PRIVATE BOAT ANGLERS can help by answering interviewers’ questions on fishing effort, catches and releases.

 

• CHARTER BOAT OWNERS and SKIPPERS can help by answering questions about number of trips and target species and taking part in a sampling scheme to estimate catches and releases of cod, bass, and sharks

 

Sea Angling 2012 will report in the winter of 2012. All the information collected will be published and available to sea angling bodies and clubs as well as individuals.

 

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More info at: http://www.seaangling2012.org.uk/

RNLI Shoreline Member

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Quote: BIGGEST EVER NATIONAL SEA ANGLING SURVEY TO BOOST SPORT

 

 

Biggest ever scam going.

 

They don't even know what the word boost means, No minister has ever given the rsa anything what so ever, they know the value of the rsa scene already, but they are all take and no give. Anyone who provides info to the eu must want certifying, what has the eu ever given anyone apart from pain and restrictions, don't want working out.

 

Ask benyon what his ideas are for boosting the sport, bet he can't answer that one.

 

The info the e u are demanding will do nothing what so ever to enhance the rsa scene.

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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