This is of the top of my head with 10mins research It states from the DEFRA document 2.1 (The primary desire on the part of anglers is to catch more un-measurable
elements such as the quality and accessibility of angling sites,
and bigger fish.) Me personally I don’t fish to catch more and bigger fish all the time it would spoil the reason why I fish , If I catch it is a bonous it’s the release from every day pressures, that is the main reason for me.
How are the going to improve accessibility!
It also states “Sustainable angling practices (‘catch and release’ through to ‘catching
sufficient for the table’) if we all caught enough fish, that we had more than we would use for our families then we are all doing very well indeed.
It also states”Appropriate hook selection for size and species of targeted fish
• Appropriate terminal tackle selection to minimise tackle losses Don’t we do that anyway.
The North sea cod quota for 2007 was set to 19,957,000tonnes for commercial fishing.
We as sea anglers, 1.5millon of us ( I may be wrong) if we average 30pound of cod each per year that’s works out as 22thousand 500 tons compared to 19millon 957 thousand tons allowed by trawlers
please feel free to add to this
Iam in bed with the dreaded man-flu going for a short walk in 5mins
