All the latest news from the sea fishing world that's of particular interest to Total Sea Fishing readers.

Government U-Turn On Sea Angling Licence - 19/03/2008

Conservatives Shadow Fisheries Minister Bill Wiggin MP has welcomed the news that the Government is scrapping its plans to introduce a recreational sea angling licence in the forthcoming Marine Bill, but...

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Anglers Battering The Fish Heads Of Europe - 19/03/2008

After ten years of stubbornly refusing recreational sea anglers any say in managing fisheries, the European Council has given up and agreed that the €8-€10 billion (£6-8 billion) they generate each...

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Government abandons sea angling licences - 19/03/2008

The government today abandoned its current plans to impose fishing licences on a million sea anglers in Britain. The move follows several years of campaigning by the National Federation of Sea...

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No Sea Angling Licence - 19/03/2008

SACN welcomes yesterday’s statement by Jonathan Shaw MP, the Fisheries Minister, that he will not be introducing a Sea Angling Licence. At the recent ‘Angling Summit’ held within the Parliament Buildings in...

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BASS Welcomes ‘No Licence’ Decision - 19/03/2008

Commenting upon yesterday’s statement by Jonathan Shaw MP, the Fisheries Minister, that proposals to introduce a sea angling licence are to be dropped, BASS spokesman John Leballeur said “At last this...

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Angler Saved By Flotation Suit! - 14/03/2008

A Christmas present of a Fladen flotation suit certainly proved its worth by saving the life of a sea angler. David Davies, 51, was fishing with a friend off some rocks near...

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