National Development Plan

Developments will also enable the maximisation of the long-term sustainable use of the
fisheries resource by overseas and domestic anglers and other recreational users by providing and
improving access to existing inland and sea angling fisheries and developing new fisheries. The safety
issue is a priority at the major state owned fishing centres.

Complementary to this, LEADER Groups, through the new National Rural Development Programme 2007-
2013 (see below for further details), will also be supporting a range of initiatives in this area, including:
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• the development of recreational tourism including facilities for walking, cycling, angling, pony
trekking, bird watching etc. and ancillary facilities such as car parking, and other services such as
signage, village renewal etc.;
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Support will be
provided towards the marketing of niche special interest products (e.g. walking, cycling, golf, equestrian,
angling) — particularly those that have a strong regional and rural impact.

Now, if we only knew what it meant ...

My interpretation goes like this.

1st one. they are giving out fisheries away to french, spanish and portugese trawlers.

2nd one. they are gonna make it easier for poachers and forighn nationals to get to our good marks.

3rd one. Havent a clue wat that means.

Midget, your so cynical..... :D

It all sounds lovely, what the reality will turn out to be will probably be something entirely different....

ooops :oops: I take back the first one. am in a bad temper today and as soon as i saw the words "overseas anglers" i thought "trawlers".

I stand by what i said for the second one though. we don't want too many marks clearly signposted. May it never happen, but imagine if these "foreign nationals" started killing rays!!

Interesting. Can you give a link to the source quoted please, teacher?

I suspect it'll be something like what's happening with the State owned Salmon fisheries. They want to develope their attraction to high-fee paying visiting anglers/tourists, so they'll work to eliminate the local angler's access.

Well, what would you do if you were a fishery manager, who could charge 150+ Euro a day to a visitor, as opposed to a local getting an annual permit for 30 Euro?

so they'll work to eliminate the local angler's access.

Let them. We all have a mark or 2 that noone else knows about.

I think it means that we will be paying for license soon.

Interesting. Can you give a link to the source quoted please, teacher?

Download the full PDF here:

http://www.ndp.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=190 ... nuary+2007

or in parts here ...

http://www.ndp.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=190 ... nuary+2007

and who's gonna enforce a license. if there is one brought out i wont give a damn i will just ignore it.

and who's gonna enforce a license. if there is one brought out i wont give a damn i will just ignore it.

who's tracksuit are you wearing or don't you now represent your country

which means your an example to all people to follow the rules

listen.........i wear this tracksuit and i represent this contry for fishing. If that means paying an unresnable amount for a license then i would be in seirous doubt wether i would want to represent this contry or not.

if it is resnable though then i would pay it.

who would enforce it though?

hate sound cynical but its election year all these things have a habit of being put on the long finger post election.

anyone here have a dog? what about a dog licence?

sorry mate wasn't having a go, as for the license i don't want to pay one but if it is a reasonable price and it guarantees that no trawlers fishing within one mile of the shore and some area get marked as no take zones and that the minimum sizes for keeping fish goes above breeding size then I would pay it, sorry mate for hurting your pride but you are someone all us aspiring anglers look up (or down) to no matter what age, wear those colours with pride.

No probs MC. im just a bit worked up about the licence because i can no longer afford to salmon fish. if the money, however was going to garantee no trawaling less than a mile from the shore then i would buy one in a flash.

know what you mean I paid a small forture for a three day pass to salmon fish and I didnt even get a bite.

well on the corrib you pay 120 euro for a yearly licence and you get 1 tag to begin and then you get another one in may. but, because there is a limit on the whole fishery of 375(correct me if im wrong bradan :? ) so you might not get that extra tag!

Thats 120 euro for 1 f*** salmon :evil: :evil: .

well on the corrib you pay 120 euro for a yearly licence and you get 1 tag to begin and then you get another one in may. but, because there is a limit on the whole fishery of 375(correct me if im wrong bradan :? ) so you might not get that extra tag!

Thats 120 euro for 1 f*** salmon :evil: :evil: .

thats more than i paid and I wont pay it again

Lads, I noticed the word angling in the article but did anybody notice if sea angling was actually mentioned by name?

First quote: "sea angling fisheries", but I know what you mean ... second class citizen.

Thanks for that link teacher. Needs a close read, methinks.

I reckon we're about 10 years away from a sea-angling rod licence. They're got to sort the Salmon & Sea-Trout issue, next will be the Brown Trout Fisheries, meanwhile they'll be sorting the Coarse anglers. Once all that's done and dusted, they'll be casting their beady eyes our way.....