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The golden mile will benefit angling, in that it provides access for anglers to those fish that do get through and are within reach. Many species use the nearshore as migratory corridors, and the nearshore has a wide range of habitats, more so than further offshore. Different habitats have different functions in terms of fish communities, sandy bays often function as juvenile plaice and dab areas, estuaries function as juvenile nursery areas for a range of species including bass, other types of habitat function as feeding areas for both juvenile and adults alike.
Functionality is the important component of inshore areas and consequently the golden mile will protect a significant proportion of these key habitats and the fish that use them.
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Doc
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Doc, i have said this once before the Golden Mile will not help anglers in noth east as the whole coastline is netted off between Roker Pier and South Shields pier. S/S pier is one mile long, you dont need to be a rocket scientist to work that one out.
one other thing you mentioned in a meeting was the 10mtr rule, once again take the ends of both piers and you will find they are both more than 10mtrs deep even at bottom tide.
So in fact the Golden Mile will only help the rest of the country and not the north east.
At the risk of repeating myself , i will say the NFSA will have to be seen to be doing something for anglers here in the north east before any individual will consider paying hard earned cash to join there ranks.