Where is all your licence money going?

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- 20/04/2014 at 2:28 pm #57334
  TF_geepster
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  More than one-and-a-quarter million anglers in England paying £22 million a year for fishing rod licences are being short changed because the money is not being spent to maintain and develop freshwater fisheries, as the law requires.
  
  FULL STORY – https://www.total-fishing.com/fishing-news/where-all-your-licence-money-going
- 21/04/2014 at 6:55 am #171557
  TF_paulnewell
  Same as all vehicle taxes . Goes in big pot and not directly spent on what it’s first designed for . 😡
- 21/04/2014 at 8:32 am #171514
  TF_orexina
  They will probably spend the money on bird sancturarys like they did on the Somerset Levels
- 21/04/2014 at 3:45 pm #171566
  TF_Terrence22
  Well they certainly haven’t bought a decent printer. Don’t know anyone who’s received their licence yet!
- 22/04/2014 at 10:36 am #171597
  TF_gazer
  agree with the printer comment 4 weeks now and no licence my sons bought at the same place payed in the same way some 2 weeks later came within a week
- 22/04/2014 at 6:38 pm #171608
  TF_wightangler
  flood relief and sewage discharge affecting drinking water, etc. would be my guess?
  
  nevertheless, if this has been the case – then it might provide ammo for the AT to become jointly involved or outsourced to AT? Though, the public liabilities might outweigh the benefits in some worst case scenario or legal case? :confused:
- 24/04/2014 at 7:06 am #171643
  TF_geepster
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  I’ve had a few interesting conversations with the EA and others about this issue over the last few days. The EA is undergoing an internal ‘Fisheries Refresh’. In doing so it’s kinda admitting that something needs to change and that more transparency is needed about where anglers’ licence money is being spent. About two thirds of the fisheries income comes from anglers (about £22 million) – about a third from government grant in aid (£10 million). The results are due for publication in the summer. A body of angling interests including the Angling Trust has been consulted during the process. They are looking for direct line of sight between the head of fisheries and area fisheries officers. I believe it will be published later this year, and hopefully acted upon.
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