i dont pay for a licence to sea fish for a few reasons,
1) the ea do not restock the sea with fish when the stocks gets low, in fact all advise is ignored and the fish are hounded to extinction.
2) the ea do not monitor water conditions and take action when needed, did you know that when the thames was flooded with sewage and estimated 1400tonnes of sea life(fish crabs etc) were killed, all the fuss was made about the course fish.
3) the ea struggle to police the fishing licence for fresh water, what hope have they got with an estimated 34,000 miles of coast line?
4) why should anglers pay a fee to fish the sea when the trawlers are raping the sea leaving us with the scraps?
5) why should sea anglers pay to fish when our veiws currently amount to squat? sea anglers called for an increase in the minimum landing size of bass to preserve stocks. the goverment agreed, then days before the increase changed their minds as the smaller size are a better fit for peoples plates, never mind the fact they have not bred at the current size.
if you do some research, 90% of sea anglers are prepared to pay a licence, if the money is used to proctect the fish stocks, but the whole time we are ignored why the hell should we pay?
in fact other then "because course anglers do" give me one valid reason why sea anglers should have a licence.