Many thanks to TC for setting this up, hopefully we can put the world to rights, well at least try and improve the angling experience in our region, even if its just getting illegal nets and buoys moved from favourate venues.
There are two ways in which we can do this;
Through the north eastern sea fisheries committee (NESFC), who are responsible for management of fisheries within the 6 mile limit and regulation and enforcement of fisheries within the same area. Issues for which I can help with would include, illegal netting, placement of static gear around piers, retention of undersized fish (and this applys also to anglers), and of course this is a two way stream; I will pass on information to anglers with regard to whats happening in their district over fisheries and byelaws proposals.
It will help if I can get a full set of the NESFC byelaws put up somewhere on the site, its hardly exciting reading, but better to have them available than surfing the net to find them.
The other way of asisting is through the National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA), of course it would be beneficial tosay to head office that a group of members in the NE are being forced off their favourite venue by the docks board, as opposed to non members but I\'ll leave that up to you guys. However, that particular example is something that we may be able to investigate, at least set up dialogue with the relevent authority to try and find some common ground.
So in a nutshell local fisheries issues can be dealt with through the NESFC, other issues such as access may have to go through the NFSA.
What ever the issue, it has to be factual.
Whilst the Gateshead meeting was disappointing in terms of turn out, I think it was a worthwhile experience. So at the risk of meeting overload, do any of you think it would be of great benefit to ask the Chief Fisheries Officer of the NESFC to come up and give a presentation about the work of the NESFC and also listen first hand to some of the issues that affect anglers in the NE. We\'ve had them in Yorkshire and they have been a great success with up to 70 anglers turning up at the meetings.
Let me if you all think this would be worthwhile
There are two ways in which we can do this;
Through the north eastern sea fisheries committee (NESFC), who are responsible for management of fisheries within the 6 mile limit and regulation and enforcement of fisheries within the same area. Issues for which I can help with would include, illegal netting, placement of static gear around piers, retention of undersized fish (and this applys also to anglers), and of course this is a two way stream; I will pass on information to anglers with regard to whats happening in their district over fisheries and byelaws proposals.
It will help if I can get a full set of the NESFC byelaws put up somewhere on the site, its hardly exciting reading, but better to have them available than surfing the net to find them.
The other way of asisting is through the National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA), of course it would be beneficial tosay to head office that a group of members in the NE are being forced off their favourite venue by the docks board, as opposed to non members but I\'ll leave that up to you guys. However, that particular example is something that we may be able to investigate, at least set up dialogue with the relevent authority to try and find some common ground.
So in a nutshell local fisheries issues can be dealt with through the NESFC, other issues such as access may have to go through the NFSA.
What ever the issue, it has to be factual.
Whilst the Gateshead meeting was disappointing in terms of turn out, I think it was a worthwhile experience. So at the risk of meeting overload, do any of you think it would be of great benefit to ask the Chief Fisheries Officer of the NESFC to come up and give a presentation about the work of the NESFC and also listen first hand to some of the issues that affect anglers in the NE. We\'ve had them in Yorkshire and they have been a great success with up to 70 anglers turning up at the meetings.
Let me if you all think this would be worthwhile
to much work and not enough play and all that and thats talking from my own expeience
