Sea Anglers — Make Your Voice Count on Marine Licensing!

Why this consultation matters to you:

• Marine licensing rules control who needs permission to carry out activities than can often disrupt angling

• DEFRA is now consulting on exemptions and changes to self service qualification

• These tweaks may affect recreational anglers directly, especially changes to exemptions

Why YOU Should Respond:

• Shape the rules on licensing exemptions.
  Proposed changes to exemptions could affect how easily anglers can oppose to damaging developments 

• Make the case for increased angler consultation
  Currently, the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations gets treated as a primary consultee, yet no equivalent angling body shares this privilege

• Protect marine environments
  The right reforms ensure quicker changes can happen that will benefit our marine spaces, but the wrong reforms simply pave the way to quicker destruction