No rod license

simonhayes1979 · Occasional Joined: Oct 30, 2007 Posts: 202 Location: kent

http://www.sacn.org.uk/Conservation-and-Political-News/No_Sea_Licence-.html

It's official theres not going to be a sea rod license

gazza76 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject:

just a beach tax charge of 7 million pound and a packet of pringles big grin

eccles · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject:

Wonderful but I think we know that he was concerned about the number of votes he would lose. What is the "beach tax" you are talking about Gazza?

gazza76 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject:

only joking mate there scrap the rod fee and replace it with a fresh air tax big grin

Mr_Me42 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

Hooray.
Had been saving my pennies to pay for it with (they would love that, turn up with however much it was in pennies).
Right can i find a multiplier for 1,863 pennies?

jorge-caldelas · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject:

That's a very good news.................. big grin

fishmad · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject:

yay i already have to fork out for one licence wasnt looking forward to another big grin

trooper · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't pay for a sea fishing licence anyway. Why should we with the sea getting more and more depleted every year by commercial fishing. Plus the fact that the money they'll get will only line their own pockets instead of going towards preserving the fish stocks what are left.

rag · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:46 am Post subject:

if they were going to use the money in a good way i'd be only too happy to pay a small fee, but we all know that wouldn't be the case.

thebigbassman · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject:

brilliant

rabbi2 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject:

Why should we pay for a rod licence when trawlers both from home and abroad are ripping up the feeding grounds by trawling close inshore. At the same time they are blatently catching undersized fish and getting away with it. Its about time the goverment got of their fat lazy bums and did something about it and then talk about rod licences. The fines imposed by our goverment are so pathetic that when caught they can afford to pay the fine and still show a profit. There is no deterant for these rouge fishermen. I think if I remember right, the world is composed of 2/3 water, and they want to charge us for fishing it. Next it will be a swimming licence, then a bathing licence, mabe charge the kids for paddling in it. No wonder folk are leaving Rip Of Britain. We are the third highest taxed country in the world. Look at the slipway launching fees for a small boat. The local councils can pluck a figure out of the air, multiply it by 3 then put VAT on it! I for one am not prepared to pay for something put there by GOD only to be harvested by YOUR goverment. Wake up you lot. You voted them in, or did you do like the majority (abstain).

Even if you slag me off it would be better than you all keeping quiet! angry

Hope you dont block this one Mrix

gazza76 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject:

well said rabbi , either way they will try to make money its a simple fact , even on ciggies fuel and beer they make to most for the goverment yet if everyone in this run down country would stop smoking drinking a driving there motors then yet another tax would come into effect to make to money up , packet of cigs 4.50 about 3.00 gbp goes to the goverment if they stopped ripping us off and like at other countrys it might be better for all but the uk goverment is kissing the arse of the other eu countrys and stop following the yanks aka ( bomb places then pay for it to be built again ) thats wasting money ,so now us ppl who love to spend time in the fresh air catching a few fish yet they close off footpath so we can no longer fish hotspots so overall we get **** once twice and three times over

gklmac · Member Joined: Nov 05, 2007 Posts: 52 Location: Poole

Next time vote Monster Loony it can't be worse than the muppets who have let our seas be pillaged for the last 25 years.
None of them seem capable of working out that size limits don't work with trawlers, you just have to kill more undersized fish to get a catch worth landing and its about time they started taking the boats off those who have been landing "black fish".

angry

jimjam · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject:

yeh im with rabbi on this one. a trawler once come right throught my swim i was raging at the spanish crew onboard angry

yungteddy · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: rod tax

i cant believe they were actually going to charge rod tax angry

thats like taxing somebodys golfclubs or tennis racket just another reason to get a pay rise. thats just my quids worth big grin