TOTAL BAN

[Doc]

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.

Cheers


Doc

[RobAdair]

The \"Golden Mile\" might stop the netters, but what about the longliners (sandliners)??

How hard would they be to police? (That\'s if they\'re doing anything illegal?) The way I see it is, if the inshore fishing improved, someone, somewhere would exploit it for monetary gain (the only upside being that more informed anglers (ie NESA) would be more aware and hopefully \"shop\" the t*ssers)

[gazzawill]

i agree with rob on that we as responsable anglers have to pull together on this issue iff you see someone longlining report them . ban the nets to a further distance . the future of shore angling exists on it not just for us fishing the shorelines now. think of the next crop of casters(so to speek) iff my elders never took me fishng what would i be doing now as a pass time ??? drugs / robbing/ steeling it could have been keep the shores alive lol (i am drinking lol ) :P

[YoursTruly]

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.

Cheers


Doc

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.

[sless]

i totaly agree with you there your\'s truly

[Doc]

I take your point, but these are the sort of issues we have to include in the dialogue, there is as you rightly say, very little to be gained by implementing any scheme that only benefits anglers in certain parts of the country. However, even if anglers in the NE are still convinced that the NFSA only works for south coast anglers, remember that the south coast also has a number of long piers, Dover breakwater for example. There are also many other areas that have a headland with an adjoining bay, and yes there is the potential for fish to be caught before they hit the beachs, but then that is always going to be the case, we cannot close down the whole of the North Sea, although I\'m sure many would wish that to be the case!!! LOL

If you consider SS pier as an extention of the land then you could expect no netting within a mile of it, rather than just an arbitary 1 mile distance from the shore.

In addition, the 10m depth ruling applies throughout the district, however, as I understand the situation, there is additional protection supposedly in force for the NE, I will try and determine what this is and to what extent it is/not being enforced.


Cheers


Doc.

[YoursTruly]

Thanks for that doc, i look forward to your findings.
Terry