edibles/cart/cooked carb

[leeskinner007]

50000 grand god thats a canny price to pay for a bit bait ill stick to peeler

 

[wheres the fish?]

Just a pathetic bylaw tbh, affecting the minority not a majority because if they did there would be uproar.

Lets stop overfishing of cod stocks in the north east... oh no there would be uproar at the measures we would have to put in place to actually make a difference.

Oh wait i know, lets seem like we actually make a difference and make up a bylaw that shouldn't be a problem to recreational sea anglers but hey we'll make it an issue for them to. As 'cart' can be bought from a fish mongers/bait shop just like any other bait we may want to use, but we can't use it because we can eat it... makes no sense. Whats next? Its illegal to use Morrisons mackerel as we can eat it or use it for bait?... just makes me laugh tbh.

 

[Bushwhacker]

OK I have bought this bye-law up in the new NIFCA bye- law review it is technically illegal in Northumberland and North Eastern south of the Tyne. It was never intended for recreational fishermen and was to stop undersized crabs being used as pot bait a very recent prosecution in Northumberland saw a £6,000 fine to a commercial fisherman for using edible crab in his pots. I have the subject on the agenda for the next NIFCA meeting I also believe North Eastern are reviewing the Bye-law.To prove a offence when using cart I believe some form of analysis would have to take place and I could not see NIFCA spending money on that as budgets are tight.The bye- law is old and in my view out of date but it means what it states it is illegal to use Edible crab no matter if you purchased it in a Plymouth supermarket of found it dead on the beach with the cooked offal exception. This bye- law only applies in Northumberland and North Eastern IFCA area and to no other parts of England. This is enforced by the warranted IFCOs of Northumberland with a maximum penalty of would you believe £50,000 this increased recently after the Marine and coastal Act became law from £5,000. I will keep you updated and if any of you feel strongly about it being reviewed contact me you are all stakeholders.

This bylaw was brought in to stop potters using White faced crabs(edibles that have peeled and are no good to eat as they are full of water) as bait for Lobsters.
I worked on a coble out of Seaham in the 70,s and early 80,s and this was common practice till the bylaw came into affect.
There are only a few Defra inspectors to cover our region, which is from the Humber to Berwick and they are more bothered with the boats than us anglers.
I don,t think they will waste there time scouring the coast for anglers using Cart as bait.

 

[davidhayley1945]

This bylaw was brought in to stop potters using White faced crabs(edibles that have peeled and are no good to eat as they are full of water) as bait for Lobsters.
I worked on a coble out of Seaham in the 70,s and early 80,s and this was common practice till the bylaw came into affect.
There are only a few Defra inspectors to cover our region, which is from the Humber to Berwick and they are more bothered with the boats than us anglers.
I don,t think they will waste there time scouring the coast for anglers using Cart as bait.

inspectors check anglers buckets for eaters and velvets all the time from newbiggin down to tyne if caught you are asked to return them if not you could be prosecuted.davy.