HI Happy,
Welcome to Nesa.
The subjects been discussed long and hard but by no means to a conclusion.
Take a look at
Licenses
Its time it came back up as there is some good stuff there.
It has nothing to do with the EA...they are the freshwater and salmon folks although there is an overlap in some circumstances ie anglers fishng rivers for cod could also be after salmon...
Inshore fisheries are run by the sea fisheries committee's, but a license would be still open to debate as to who would sell it and enforce it...
The debate goes on
Cheers
Dave