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Brian December 11th, 2003 12:09 AM

How many UK fishermen?
 
Hi. How many people fish in the UK do you think?

EA sell about 1.1 million rod licences, so it has to be more than that.

Any ideas?

Cheers.



Mike Connor December 11th, 2003 12:17 AM

How many UK fishermen?
 

"Brian" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Hi. How many people fish in the UK do you think?

EA sell about 1.1 million rod licences, so it has to be more than that.

Any ideas?

Cheers.


http://www.nfsa.org.uk/conservation/...Eco_Survey.htm

TL
MC



Brownz December 11th, 2003 12:20 AM

How many UK fishermen?
 
"Brian" wrote in message
...
Hi. How many people fish in the UK do you think?
EA sell about 1.1 million rod licences, so it has to be more than that.
Any ideas?
Cheers.


Well, there is six regular fisher-persons down my local.
Now, can everyone else in the country please follow up this thread so Brian
can add them all up when we're done!

:-)



Danny Gibson December 11th, 2003 11:51 AM

How many UK fishermen?
 
I live in Northern Ireland which is UK and EA dont supply the licences over
here its the Fishery Conservancy Board - so it MUST be more than 1.1 mill
fishers in UK


"Brian" wrote in message
...
Hi. How many people fish in the UK do you think?

EA sell about 1.1 million rod licences, so it has to be more than that.

Any ideas?

Cheers.





Jim Murray December 11th, 2003 01:06 PM

How many UK fishermen?
 
You don't need a licence in Scotland either or if you're under age I
believe.

Jim.

"Danny Gibson" wrote in message
...
I live in Northern Ireland which is UK and EA dont supply the licences

over
here its the Fishery Conservancy Board - so it MUST be more than 1.1 mill
fishers in UK


"Brian" wrote in message
...
Hi. How many people fish in the UK do you think?

EA sell about 1.1 million rod licences, so it has to be more than that.

Any ideas?

Cheers.







Phil L December 12th, 2003 01:52 PM

How many UK fishermen?
 
Brian wrote:
Hi. How many people fish in the UK do you think?

EA sell about 1.1 million rod licences, so it has to be more than
that.

Any ideas?

Cheers.


Conservative estimates are anywhere between 4.5 - 5 million regular anglers
in the UK, this was in the angling press earlier this year and it includes
coarse, sea and game fishing.



Brian December 12th, 2003 07:37 PM

How many UK fishermen?
 
Cheers all.

Course fishing then, it is about 2 million at a guess?




SS December 12th, 2003 10:30 PM

How many UK fishermen?
 
offer a pound to anyone who can produce a picture showing them
fishing...then look at your overdraft...?

seriously I thought it was 3 - 5 million.

It's hard to quantify really...for the last 3 years I've only been fishing
maybe 5-6 times a year.
does that make me a 'fisherman' in the true sense?

but then in the last 6 months I've been on average probably 3 times a
week...

my neighbour took his boys fishing maybe 6 times in the summer - I dont
think they've been since....does that make them anglers???


SS



Brian December 13th, 2003 06:09 PM

How many UK fishermen?
 
If you only fish a couple of times a year, you are still a fisherman.


"SS" wrote in message
...
offer a pound to anyone who can produce a picture showing them
fishing...then look at your overdraft...?

seriously I thought it was 3 - 5 million.

It's hard to quantify really...for the last 3 years I've only been fishing
maybe 5-6 times a year.
does that make me a 'fisherman' in the true sense?

but then in the last 6 months I've been on average probably 3 times a
week...

my neighbour took his boys fishing maybe 6 times in the summer - I dont
think they've been since....does that make them anglers???


SS





Derek.Moody December 13th, 2003 07:40 PM

How many UK fishermen?
 
In article , Brian
wrote:
If you only fish a couple of times a year, you are still a fisherman.


IIrc the usual question is something like:
"Have you been fishing in the last twelve months?"

Cheerio,

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