|
Post by Darren on Aug 28, 2011 12:48:18 GMT
I'm also informed that only £100,000 of money generated by license sales is available to angling clubs nationally to install otter proof fencing around their stillwater fisheries [ obviously rivers cannot be fenced ]. Is there not something a little ironic in the fact you stand on both sides of the fence on otter issues, yet only spend so little of our license income protecting vulnerable fisheries. With this in mind, how much do the pro otter groups generate in income to your coffers in comparison to anglers ? Many thanks.
|
|
|
Post by yorkiman on Aug 28, 2011 14:42:41 GMT
Try gitin thi mind around this one lad, In B.C. this past week, the people their said ( NO ) to a tax increase and made the government repeal their new H.S.T. tax, a first for any U.K. colony, thi should try this back home mate.............can bi dun under common law...........
|
|
|
Post by envagencyyorkshire on Sept 8, 2011 12:13:15 GMT
Following discussions with angling groups (including the Angling Trust) we allocated £100,000 nationally to support projects to protect fisheries from otter predation. This has been widely publicised including through our own fisheries forums, newsletters and here on Yorkshire Fishing. (http://yorksfishing.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ea240311&action=display&thread=19897). Unfortunately we have received very little interest in using this funding with applications for just £33,000 worth of work being made nationally. Of that 2 requests for a total of £17,000 have been received in Yorkshire (2 other bids have been made in our North East area and 1 in Hampshire).
As a result the amount of funding available for otter fencing has been reduced to £50,000 this year as we need to ensure that the funding we have is used for the benefit of fisheries rather than lost. It is regrettable and a little surprising, that more fishery owners did not take up the offer of this funding. With regards to funding for otter conservation work, otter groups do not directly contribute to our funding. However wildlife groups often contribute towards wider projects which can lead to improved habitat for the otter. Government also funds the Agency to create habitat and again a by-product of these works can be better conditions for otters.
I think it’s worth saying again that otter populations have recovered largely due to improvements in water quality and fish populations and that no captive bred otters have been released in England since 1999.
Steve Chambers – Principal Officer, fisheries
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2011 13:36:10 GMT
I think that the majority of anglers of an age to remember will recognise that the otter population declined and then rose in conjunction with the rise in water quality and subsequent greater level of fish population. In consequence we have to recognise that there is a level of food which sustains the current otter population.
|
|