You are reading it right. Whether he actually wants to rouse some anti-angling jealousy on the part of the pro-hunters, or not, I am not sure. The trouble is that this strategy, once suggested, does not need to wait for the outcome of a human rights appeal, as he suggests, but could actually become part of it.
Whatever his intentions towards angling the strategy could result in a situation where the government adopts a defensive stance against it's policy on angling and seeks to distance itself from angling.