fishing question

[Piebob]

Section 12 on the crop protection license says-

 

12. No person convicted on or after 1 January 2010 of an offence to which this paragraph applies may use this licence unless, in respect of that offence they are either (1) a rehabilitated person for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and their conviction is treated as spent; or (2) in respect of such an offence, a court has made an order discharging them absolutely. This paragraph applies to offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the Conservation (Natural Habitats &c.) Regulations 1994, the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010, the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, the Deer Act 1991, the Hunting Act 2004, the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996, the Animal

[guest1957]

I do find it incredible that people need to purchase a license to fish ponds they own and which the EA have no input. I don't see that scrapping it would do any harm.

[lumpy]

I do find it incredible that people need to purchase a license to fish ponds they own and which the EA have no input. I don't see that scrapping it would do any harm.

Scrapping the EA license would be sheer madness they do loads for freshwater angling and the enviroment, and just for the record even on privately owned water's the EA would still take up the legel battle in the case of pollution etc !! I personally have to buy 2 licenses every year and consider it money well spent lets face it what do i get for my SGC renewal fee, i dont see police stocking the countryside with game birds or maintaining hedgerow's