| #1  05-16-2011, 06:22 PM | ||||
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 Bexhill-on-Sea Beach Fishing Ban Bye-law Rother District Council proposes two bye-laws that firstly ban fishing on the beach in a designated area from 9.00 to 18.00, from 1st May to 30th September. Secondly, they propose a bye-law that forbids fishing 'in such a manner as to cause danger, obstruction or annoyance to any person using the seashore'. This applies to the WHOLE of Rother shoreline e.g. Pevensey Bay, Herbrand Walk, Bexhill and Pett Level to Camber. This could well be the thin end of the wedge with other councils following suit. You can voice your objections to these un-just bylaws by signing the following petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/b...shing_bye-law/ I may be wrong, but I had always been under the impression that all freeborn UK citizens had the right to fish in tidal waters protected in the Magna Carta of 1215 __________________ Don't Judge My Path If You Haven't Walked My Journey...     |
| #2 05-18-2011, 07:29 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bexhill-on-Sea Beach Fishing Ban Bye-law Geeting a 503 service not available but I'll try later. I also thought that Magna Carta protected the right of free born to pursue activities relating to fishing on the tidal bounds of the shore. This includes bait digging. You are right it is the thin edge of a worrying little wedge. I'll try again with the epetition again. Maybe we should have a forum mega match there. __________________ Just remember, not all the heroes died. www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
| #3 05-19-2011, 06:29 PM | ||||
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 Re: Bexhill-on-Sea Beach Fishing Ban Bye-law Nice idea. If they ban it as proposed, maybe we should contact a few other forums & have a mass protest fish-in there.....  __________________ Don't Judge My Path If You Haven't Walked My Journey... |
| #4 07-13-2011, 01:20 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bexhill-on-Sea Beach Fishing Ban Bye-law I think that Rother district council will have not only a fight on their hands, but may come up against common law on this one. As you all rightly pointed out, the Magna Carta of 1215 states the freedom of use. Current law states that the caost between the low tide and high tide watermarks are property of HM The Queen, and as such British subjects of the Monarchy of the day, have the right to fish and use for recreation the WHOLE British coast line. The only exceptions at present are Nuclear power stations, or military installations on the coast, and that is only in the interest of national security, which we as fishermen and women go along with because we all possess common sense. In a nut shell, they cannot impose or enforce the ban....End of! __________________ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day, Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Per Ardua Ad Astra. |
| #5 07-13-2011, 03:58 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bexhill-on-Sea Beach Fishing Ban Bye-law Just another case of a fat cat city boy trying to justify his job in a recession. Some people just don't have a clue. tj |
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