September meeting with Defra?

[Steve Coppolo]

Bump.

 

Come on, then. What have you been talking to Defra about this week?

 

As a sea angler, don't I have a right to know what you are saying on my behalf?

[Steve Coppolo]

Bump.

 

Still no answers? O.K, here's an easy question. When are you next meeting with Defra?

Edited January 23, 2009 by Steve Coppolo

[H.A.]

Come on, then. What have you been talking to Defra about this week?

As a sea angler, don't I have a right to know what you are saying on my behalf?

 

No you don't ... simply because Leon is not your elected representative.

 

He is his own representative.

 

As far as I know, Leon has retired from organisations which he, like you and I, were members by choice.

 

I demand things of my Secretaries of State each day, but only occasionally am I given a reply.

 

You're on the one-way track of frustration and failure.

Luckily a few will always fight the wrong regulations and legislative measures and believe me this is happening now via MEPs ('dim-witted' most of the time).

 

Your discussions here are meaningless and cause bad feelings between individuals and groups.

 

Why do I always end up posting stuff on here to appease the naive?????

 

 

Silly boogers ... go fishun'!

 

 

[barry luxton]

How old is that photo, even the dogfish looks like it's going rusty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steve Coppolo]

 

No you don't ... simply because Leon is not your elected representative.

 

He is his own representative.

 

Wrong, Ada. He, among others, claimed to represent around 1000,000 sea anglers, including me. So I do have a right to know what he's been saying on my behalf.

 

As far as I know, Leon has retired from organisations which he, like you and I, were members by choice.

 

Well, so he keeps saying. If that is the case, I'd like to know under what capacity he's been talking to Defra, Cefas and the Minister, recently. In fact, very recently. Again, it's a question I've asked that, as usual, hasn't been answered.

 

I demand things of my Secretaries of State each day, but only occasionally am I given a reply.

 

The difference being, you get to vote for your government.

 

You're on the one-way track of frustration and failure.

Luckily a few will always fight the wrong regulations and legislative measures and believe me this is happening now via MEPs ('dim-witted' most of the time).

 

Your discussions here are meaningless and cause bad feelings between individuals and groups.

 

Why do I always end up posting stuff on here to appease the naive?????

 

 

Silly boogers ... go fishun'!

 

 

 

A very selfish view, if you don'ty mind me saying. You've had the best out of sea angling and now it seems you are happy to sit back and watch it destroyed. I know you've done, what you thought at the time, was "your bit", but defending the rubbish we have in front of us now is as good as sticking two fingers up, (cue silly cartoon of two fingers sticking up), to the sport of sea angling.

 

Given the choice of highlighting the very real dangers and enemies we face, or saving the feelings of a few arrogant ****'s, I know where my loyalties lie.

[glennk]

You dont have to worry about Leon any more Steve. Hes retired and is no longer a member of SACN. He is not interested in anything other than fishing. We can all rest safe tonight in the knowledge our sport is now safe.

 

Or at least thats the message hes pushing on wsf north east. Strangely enough he's posted a load of info there on MPA's so noone can accuse him of keeping "a secret from the anglers in the North-East". Hes concerned that DEFRA will turn the whole area into a great big MPA if no one tells them where are all the best fishing areas are. I was so convinced Ive dug out my 89-2009 diary and sent it off to CEFAS.

Edited January 24, 2009 by glennk

[Steve Coppolo]

You dont have to worry about Leon any more Steve. Hes retired and is no longer a member of SACN. He is not interested in anything other than fishing. We can all rest safe tonight in the knowledge our sport is now safe.

 

Or at least thats the message hes pushing on wsf north east. Strangely enough he's posted a load of info there on MPA's so noone can accuse him of keeping "a secret from the anglers in the North-East". Hes concerned that DEFRA will turn the whole area into a great big MPA if no one tells them where are all the best fishing areas are. I was so convinced Ive dug out my 89-2009 diary and sent it off to CEFAS.

 

Oooohhhh, the best thing you and your mates can do then is tell them everything. Don't forget to tell them how many fish you catch, just in case you are catching too many. Then Nasty Nature, or Defra, or Cefas, or The WWF, can tell you how many they think is safe for you and the other 10,000,000, (or was it 20,000,000?), anglers to take. After all, you wouldn't want to deplete the cod stocks, would you?

Edited January 24, 2009 by Steve Coppolo

[glennk]

[glennk]

When the man from Nasty Nature went into the tackle shop he told them how they want to protect the rare corals off the coastline. Apparently anglers hooks tear them off the sea bed. One lad tore a strip of the man and asked them if they had any knowledge of how much damage the easterly wash outs do every year on the coast. Masses of coral, weeds, and marine life such as crabs, worms, mussels, and anything else that lives on the sea bed are killed every year by the washouts and then dumped on the shore. The expert scientist seemed to have no knowledge of this natural phenomenon which kills more every year than any angler does in a lifetime.

[H.A.]

The expert scientist seemed to have no knowledge of this natural phenomenon which kills more every year than any angler does in a lifetime.

 

I can name you one unnatural phenomenon called intensive, environmentally-destructive, industrial fishing which kills more than you can ever imagine in a lifetime.

 

 

Another poor catch by their own standards, I guess?

 

Probably shovel 'em back and try again.