I have just issued a call for Joan Humble to show her support for Blackpool and Cleveleys’ many anglers in Parliament.
Walking along the seafront, come wind, rain or sunshine, I see just how many local people enjoy angling. But now, those who go out in small boats for their angling face a new threat from the European Union. The EU wants them to include their catch in fish quotas, and force them to get licenses.
In my view, this is regulation gone mad. I am calling on our local MPs to show their support for angling, the Angling Trust and local anglers by signing Early Day Motion 528, and to persuade the Government to oppose these changes in Brussels”.
EDM528 states:
“That this House expresses concern over the European Commission’s proposals to include recreational sea angling catches within the national quota, introduce a licensing scheme for vessels involved with recreational sea angling and force anglers to register their catches (Article 47 of the Commission’s Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy COM(2008) 721 final); believes that these proposals will place an unfair burden on recreational sea anglers and put at risk the £1 billion and more than 20,000 jobs recreational sea angling contributes to the economy; notes that in 2008 the Government ruled out introducing a licence for sea anglers; and calls on the Government to oppose these proposals from the Commission”.
You can find out more at www.anglingtrust.net
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