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SACN welcomes yesterday’s
statement by Jonathan Shaw MP, the Fisheries Minister, that he will not
be introducing a Sea Angling Licence.
At the recent ‘Angling Summit’ held within the
Parliament Buildings in Westminster, SACN repeated to the Fisheries
Minister the advice previously delivered to DEFRA officials that now is
not the time to talk about introducing a sea angling licence.
Having seen little but decline in the UK’s
Recreational Sea Fisheries over the preceding decades, and following
the Minister’s decision not to proceed with the introduction of a
higher minimum landing size for bass (an important recreational
species) there was a growing distrust developing amongst the country’s
sea anglers towards the Government’s proposals contained within the
Recreational Sea Angling (RSA) strategy consultation, which was being
increasingly overshadowed by the proposal to introduce a sea angling
licence.
SACN is pleased to see that not only
has the Minister taken our advice to remove the distraction of a sea
angling licence proposal from the wider debate which the RSA Strategy
Consultation deserves, but that he has committed to take forward
measures to benefit the UK’s Recreational Sea Fisheries.
With over 1 million participants in England and Wales,
and a contribution to the economy worth over £1 billion, the
Recreational Sea Angling Sector is capable of delivering far greater
growth, generating business opportunities and supporting thousands of
livelihoods as well as improving the sense of well-being and improving
significantly the quality of life of people from all walks of life and
in all regions of the UK.
But to deliver that,
the sector needs a quality product with more and bigger fish available
to all anglers, as previously experienced within living memory.
The Minister is to be congratulated on listening to
the concerns that have been put to him, and on acting upon what he has
heard, and we look forward to working with him and his officials to
deliver UK Recreational Sea Fisheries that can be amongst the finest in
the world, and of which he, the Government and all of the people of the
UK could be justly proud.
Speaking to
Leon Roskilly of SACN, and to Richard Ferre of the National Federation
of Sea Anglers, Martin Salter MP, the Government’s spokesman on angling
said “I want to personally congratulate you both (and your
organisations) on the forceful and professional way in which you have
made your case to Ministers on this issue and I really do believe that
you have proved the value of regular and honest dialogue with MPs and
Government Ministers.â€
Leon Roskilly said “It is
a relief to get the distraction of a sea angling licence off the agenda
so that we can talk positively and with confidence about the delivery
of benefits and a better future for Recreational Sea Angling in the
UKâ€.
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