Surely the question is why should angling/anglers require any licence at all? Envage, or whatever they call themselves now, are Government funded, being a Government agency, so licence revenue is not to fund them, which in itself would be wholly unfair, if it were, because Envage do not confine themselves to angling, but cover a broad spectrum of environmental matters that have nothing at all to do with fishing. Coarse/Game angling is the only sport in the England, Wales and Ulster (apart from Boxing and shooting I think ) where you require a licence to participate. No licences is required in Scotland, and they seem to do fine. Its just another stealth tax in my opinion.
