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This is a dedicated thread for discussing article: The Angling Trust – Have Your Say
Done biggest problem fishing faces - pollution
Same as me, only I included my disdain of the 12 monthly direct debit faux pas, where anyone that might be on a tight budget gets penalised by having their membership cost being increased by 20%.
Oh and my disgust of having events sponsored by the UK's biggest polluter; Thames Water!
Done biggest problem fishing faces - pollution
The same for me too, plus the problems of predation and illegal fishing.
The over-riding problem though for angling remains the apathy of the vast majority of anglers who have not joined the Angling Trust
The same for me too, plus the problems of predation and illegal fishing.
The over-riding problem though for angling remains the apathy of the vast majority of anglers who have not joined the Angling Trust
How does one distinguish between apathetic non-joiners and principled non-joiners who would still like to support FishLegal but NOT the ATr?
This survey gave very little option to express such a view! - Perhaps because ATr couldn't envisage such a scenario?
Although there is and always will be apathy within angling I don't believe that is the only or main reason for anglers not joining, its certainly not the reason for a lot of anglers not renewing their membership after their initial joining. The trust wrongly believed from its inception that anglers would join in droves, they were clearly wrong and IMO its to late to change that due to the actions of some within the trust and trust members.
How does one distinguish between apathetic non-joiners and principled non-joiners who would still like to support FishLegal but NOT the ATr?
I myself decided against re-joining for about 18 months due to some of the issues and personalities involved.
I took the decision however to join again, and this despite still not agreeing 100% with some of the things that they were doing. Specifically I dont think they did themselves any favours by floating the divisive Close Season debate . . . . . .
That said, I highly doubt if any member is in full agreement with all of the issues and campaigns, but in the final analysis it is all we have as a national body and as such should be supported.[COLOR="Silver"]
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Regardless of whatever principles one might have for not joining the Angling Trust you can still support Fish Legal by making a contribution solely for the use of Fish Legal,(goodness knows how much I dislike that name . . it was the ACA and should have remained so!)
No comment from me about the ATr here, but one about "apathy". Very popular Blame Game word used by the unfollowed, unelectable etc for those who don't see things their own, often strange, non-user-friendly way. Use it and such sorts will only lose more.