article 47 shore anglers off the hook

[Charlton]

Am I missing something? I haven't seen the content of the questionnaire but as Sam has stated they want to discover what catches and species we, as anglers, make. Sam prints details of all that in the Chronicle, Charlton in the Journal, Matchman in Sea Angler, the local clubs have their comp results on their webpages. Then of course we have sites like this where we are happy to provide exactly that information. So by not filling in the questionaire what exactly are we going to achieve - the information is already in the public domain and will clearly show that we are catching virtually nowt.

If its just me having a blonde moment please put me right ....I know you will

just posted deatils of a conversation I had with one of the powers that be, that will explain it all.

[pottsy]

just posted deatils of a conversation I had with one of the powers that be, that will explain it all.

Thanks Alan. That makes it clearer.

[davem2005]

Am I missing something? I haven't seen the content of the questionnaire but as Sam has stated they want to discover what catches and species we, as anglers, make. Sam prints details of all that in the Chronicle, Charlton in the Journal, Matchman in Sea Angler, the local clubs have their comp results on their webpages. Then of course we have sites like this where we are happy to provide exactly that information. So by not filling in the questionaire what exactly are we going to achieve - the information is already in the public domain and will clearly show that we are catching virtually nowt.

If its just me having a blonde moment please put me right ....I know you will

Great comment Pottsy...and exactly what myself and Loopy said to the heads at Natural England when we were invited to a meeting down south. I actually printed a few match reports off here and passed them over. Have they done anything about it...I doubt it ...that would be far too easy.

Sam,

Can I suggest you take up the questionaire thing with a guy called Mark Duffy of Natural England. I believe he is the head of maritime policy and I got the impression that when he says jump ...people there say how high? I will email his contact details. He has always responded to my emails in the past. If he is not available you would need to find the contact details for whoever took over Rob Blythe Skyrmes positon at NE.

Cheers
Dave