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Hi Paul,The marine bill white paper is only a number of suggested changes to the way our fisheries are managed. Something that all parties agree is well overdue. It is issued by DEFRA for comments by stakeholders by the closing date.It is by no means an etched in stone law and can not be made into law until it has been put to the queen in November. It can then be debated in parliament and made into a law.This is democracy at work where everyone gets a chance to comment before the bill even gets discussed in parliament. Its taken a long time for anglers to be included in this decision making process and this thread is all about getting anglers to respond to Defra with their comments on the white paper.All the comments on here are not worth anything unless the people reading it take a few minutes to make their opinions known to defra where at this stage it really counts.I am not 100% in favour of the white paper...I totally object to the introduction of a license unless we can see some improvement before we have to pay and have said so all along. If I ageed with the whole document I would have already sent an email to Defra saying "Great stuff...get on with it" ...but prefer to spend time trying to get others to opose those items that are not popular with anglers. After all its only if enough anglers complain to Defra will we see any changes made.I would also like to thank Graham Slesser for the initiative he showed in getting this meeting with David Miliband. After the meeting him and I discussed it ( and I think Codonly was involved) and where it should go next. I look forward to David Milibands individual answers to the questions handed to him and will aslo do my best to arrange the promised meetng between him and anglers as per his promise. If at all possible this will take place before the closing date for the consulatation but if not it will definately be before the queens speech to parliament.CheersDave
Hi Paul,
The marine bill white paper is only a number of suggested changes to the way our fisheries are managed. Something that all parties agree is well overdue. It is issued by DEFRA for comments by stakeholders by the closing date.It is by no means an etched in stone law and can not be made into law until it has been put to the queen in November. It can then be debated in parliament and made into a law.
This is democracy at work where everyone gets a chance to comment before the bill even gets discussed in parliament. Its taken a long time for anglers to be included in this decision making process and this thread is all about getting anglers to respond to Defra with their comments on the white paper.
All the comments on here are not worth anything unless the people reading it take a few minutes to make their opinions known to defra where at this stage it really counts.
I am not 100% in favour of the white paper...I totally object to the introduction of a license unless we can see some improvement before we have to pay and have said so all along. If I ageed with the whole document I would have already sent an email to Defra saying "Great stuff...get on with it" ...but prefer to spend time trying to get others to opose those items that are not popular with anglers. After all its only if enough anglers complain to Defra will we see any changes made.
I would also like to thank Graham Slesser for the initiative he showed in getting this meeting with David Miliband. After the meeting him and I discussed it ( and I think Codonly was involved) and where it should go next. I look forward to David Milibands individual answers to the questions handed to him and will aslo do my best to arrange the promised meetng between him and anglers as per his promise. If at all possible this will take place before the closing date for the consulatation but if not it will definately be before the queens speech to parliament.
Cheers
Dave
