doubledonkeybronze
Member
Sorry to be alarmist, this is the 'report' as per the Angling Times February 25th on page 6.
The article; 'Is a lead weight ban on the horizon' uses a quote from the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA), "It is estimated that in the EU as much as 2,000-6,000 tonnes of lead is dispersed into the environment by fishing with lead sinkers every year".
Do they really expect people to believe this garbage?
Think of these numbers; if we take a 2oz lead weight/bomb/lead for example, then 2000 to 6000 tonnes equates to between 35 and 105 MILLION lost 2oz leads in Europe every year??
On Friday I bought a pack of three Matrix brand, 30 gram bottle bombs for £2.95 (The Preston ones were 2 for £2.75!), this means that if the Matrix prices were used across the board for example, the market for lead sinkers is worth between £65.5 and £196.6 Million per year!
It also means that at £1.45, the current lead scrap price per kilo, that there is between £2.9 and £8.7 Million pounds of lead sinkers 'lost' in the EU every year!!
What shocks me more is that Angling Times prints this rubbish and therefore supports the figures from the EFTTA, we don't need to give environmentalists ammunition do we?
The article; 'Is a lead weight ban on the horizon' uses a quote from the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA), "It is estimated that in the EU as much as 2,000-6,000 tonnes of lead is dispersed into the environment by fishing with lead sinkers every year".
Do they really expect people to believe this garbage?
Think of these numbers; if we take a 2oz lead weight/bomb/lead for example, then 2000 to 6000 tonnes equates to between 35 and 105 MILLION lost 2oz leads in Europe every year??
On Friday I bought a pack of three Matrix brand, 30 gram bottle bombs for £2.95 (The Preston ones were 2 for £2.75!), this means that if the Matrix prices were used across the board for example, the market for lead sinkers is worth between £65.5 and £196.6 Million per year!
It also means that at £1.45, the current lead scrap price per kilo, that there is between £2.9 and £8.7 Million pounds of lead sinkers 'lost' in the EU every year!!
What shocks me more is that Angling Times prints this rubbish and therefore supports the figures from the EFTTA, we don't need to give environmentalists ammunition do we?