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    I recieved a PM today about article 47 which is being voted on next week. I know it has been talked about on here before but please take the time to respond to this before it is too late.

    There is a link to WSF forum with the neccessary information to contact these people and give then your views. Please be polite as swearing at and abusing people verbally will not help our cause.

    Do not come onto the forum shouting and swearing about this as that will not help either, every time we have something like this, lots of people vent steam on here but very few take what is a very small amount of time to put forward their views to the people that do matter. Once again, please respond to this or it could be the end of RSA as we know it. There are a few hundred that will read this, let them know how you feel. If you are a member of another fishing forum, please mention it on there too.

    Jim.

    This is the link to wsf.

    article 47 update - This concerns everybody - World Sea Fishing Forums

    This was the few words I wrote just now.
    I hope that all of you people realise that when you vote this insane article 47 in that you will be sounding the death knell for Recreational Sea Angling. This daft article has obviously been concocted by people that do not have a clue what they are talking about. Millions of pounds will be lost in our allready fragile economy along with thousands of jobs also. I suppose that you will argue rather stupidly that it will also create jobs as in those that will be out checking licenses and fish catches. The sad thing about it is though, there will be very little to check up on as no one will be fishing. I for one will never fish again if this crazy inane article 47 is not dropped and I am sure that thousands more will do the same.

    If you want to do something sensible, sort out the laws governing the rape of our seas by the fishing boats. Those that are forced to throw hundreds of thousands of dead fish back into the sea annually because they are the wrong catch, yet another crazy law that the EU has saddled us with. Think again before you do more to kill every economy that has a coastline before it is too late.

    Jim Gillett Administrator www.nesa.co.uk.
    Remember, some people are alive simply because it is illegal to shoot them.

  • #2
    cheers for the heads up jim


    sent me email, kept it to a minimum




    tom
    gettin a rod for wor lass, should be a good swap!

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    • #3
      sent mine

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      • #4
        lets see if the people on the site are as vociferous about this as they are about calling each other, Sea Angling Mags, and certain makes of rods. If they put as much effort into this as they do that then we should be ok
        Alan

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Charlton View Post
          lets see if the people on the site are as vociferous about this as they are about calling each other, Sea Angling Mags, and certain makes of rods. If they put as much effort into this as they do that then we should be ok
          well said alan, i couldn't agree more

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          • #6
            e-mail sent

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            • #7
              just sent it .

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              • #8
                we will see how many real anglers bother to stand up and be counted ..for the sport they love
                Last edited by anndy; 16-01-2009, 08:54 PM.
                fishing is great catching is a bonus
                andy

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                • #9
                  mine sent

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                  • #10
                    ive now posted this on 2 other forums, one local and one in wales.

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                    • #11
                      Email sent.

                      Cheers Jim
                      Davy

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                      • #12
                        e-mail sent

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                        • #13
                          posted about this a while back when it first reared its head, interesting response from the conservatives:

                          Jan 15th, 2009

                          A Council Regulation on control systems for compliance with the CFP will be discussed in the Fisheries Committee in January. While Conservatives support moves to ensure vigorous compliance with measures which seek to protect and conserve fish stocks, we are deeply concerned at the proposal contained in Article 47 of the Regulation, which will effectively bring recreational fisheries under the direct control of the CFP.

                          The Proposal would require millions of recreational anglers throughout the EU to apply for special licences and log and register their catches, where they are fishing for species covered by a multi-annual recovery plan. Member States would have to allocate a quota for recreational anglers and this would be deducted from their national quota. Recreational anglers would be prohibited from selling any fish they catch.

                          Conservative MEPs believe these proposals are draconian and unworkable and would impose a level of bureaucratic interference into sport fishing that would have a disastrous impact on the tourist sector, without providing any meaningful benefits to conservation. We will seek to remove recreational fisheries from the context of the proposed regulation.

                          Struan Stevenson

                          Vice-President of the EPP-ED Group

                          Conservative Spokesman on Fisheries


                          there's a ptetiton at

                          Petition to: resist the proposed changes from the EU in relation to Recreational Sea Angling (RSA). | Number10.gov.uk

                          UKIP (stop sniggering at the back) have got anglers rights written into their manifesto for the next election!

                          UKIP fights for rights of anglers - UK Independence Party
                          ʎɐqǝ uo pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐן ǝɥʇ sı sıɥʇ.

                          Thought for the day:
                          Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything but bring a smile to your face when thrown down the stairs

                          Converting an MFV Fifie trawler type thing.

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                          • #14
                            Cheers Mark, As I said I knew it had been posted before but could not remember who it was mate.

                            Jim.
                            Remember, some people are alive simply because it is illegal to shoot them.

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                            • #15
                              Done. It only takes a minute so anyone who hasnt done it please spend a minute of your time doing your bit.
                              A bad days fishing is better than a good day at work.

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