North East Anglers To Meet With DEFRA

[Elton]

Defra are to meet with Recreational Sea Anglers from the North-East to discuss radical new proposals which will fundamentally affect all of the region’s sea anglers.

 

More details here:

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/News/defra_nor...st_anglers.html

[Leon Roskilly]

Some feedback from the Bigginhill meeting at:

 

http://www.nesa.co.uk/forums/shore-fishing...ra-meeting.html

Edited March 5, 2008 by Leon Roskilly

[Leon Roskilly]

There's some feedback from the Bigginhill meeting at:

 

http://www.nesa.co.uk/forums/shore-fishing...ra-meeting.html

[big_cod]

Fantastic real anglers showing there colours defra will have got a shock and beleive me they are probably in for an even bigger one next monday evening they have met the real anglers not the plastic ones.

 

Tight lines boys.

[Brian Carragher]

Defra have organised a meeting in Redcar on the 7th of April to discuss matters relating to the proposed sea licence and its implications for sea anglers, guess what date in March the consultation process closes

[Steve Coppolo]

Defra have organised a meeting in Redcar on the 7th of April to discuss matters relating to the proposed sea licence and its implications for sea anglers, guess what date in March the consultation process closes

 

Just goes to show what a sham the RSA strategy consultation is, doesn't it Brian? If they were going to take notice of the responses sent in by anglers, they wouldn't even be considering a sea angling licence, and yet here they are arranging meetings to discuss it a week after the consultation ends. You would think, in the interest of creating the illusion, they would at least wait until they've had all the responses in.

 

Anyone else get the feeling that it's already been agreed and decided?

Edited March 8, 2008 by Steve Coppolo

[glennk]

They're brave. Redcar - ON A NIGHT. :o

Edited March 9, 2008 by glennk

[Brian Carragher]

I'm expecting them to be like coppers and come as a pair

[jon whitton]

I'm expecting them to be like coppers and come as a pair

Brian, The meeting on 7th. April at Redcar is nothing to do with DEFRA. It is the North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee consultation evening to discuss shellfish management. The meeting with DEFRA to discuss/protest about proposed rod licences is at SCARBOROUGH angling club at 7.30pm. tonight.

It is an open meeting and everyone who can should attend. You will not get another opportunity.