Was thinking about it on Monday Phil but it would seem that the fishery management experts are still spilt on whether you should do it or not. It's only likely to effect the shallowest and most poorly run commercials and I for one am not going to lose and sleep over what happens on such venues....
Who cares about commercial pressure, I'm more interested in the science. But we've already established the EA's too skint to do any, so that debate's water under the bridge at the moment... As for evidence of angling pressure having a detrimental effect on gravid fish, I wasn't aware there was any! Yes, we all know there are far bigger problems affecting our rivers than anglers or otters, although having all your prized specimens eaten under your nose does have a rather demotivating effect as I'm sure you can imagine! X