one mile ban petition

[pingu]

as you know i dont usually get too political , but this is for the 1 mile ban that everyones been on about but cant get gov to enforce

might give us more of a chance from the shore

worth a try


dave

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/1mileboundry/

[Greenheart]

Signed & sent Dave.

[tjnorton]

ive also signed

tj

[mithrandir]

Done, Lets hope it makes some difference

[Twiddler]

Done!

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Done

[tat]

Sent

[fishypaul]

done

[Portland Pirate]

I wont be signing it for the following reasons:
1. It is a very lame petition. just a couple of lines to indicate that it is not very good to fish commercially within 1 mile of the shore. Hardly the sort of petition the government is going to listen to.
2. What about commercial rod and line Bass fishermen. A lot of their fishing is one well within 1 mile of the shore. Do we ruin these peoples livelihood.
3. Charter boat fishing is technically regarded as commercial fishing. need I say more!!
4. Crab and lobster fishing is also carried out within 500m of the shore.

If a proper petition laying down specific types of fishing was put forward then I would be more inclined to sign it. Lets be a little careful what we wish for, as the government are not exactly great themselves, when it comes to defining bans.