On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:50:09 +0000 (UTC), "Luis Troyano"
wrote:

Hi
the councils themselves have no power to do that due to a very old law in
The Magna Carta which makes sea fishing in the UK free to all.

What you have probably heard is that the Government are considering
overruling the law and introducing a licence that would cost approx £22 per
person.

For more info get the October issue of Sea Angler.

Regards

Luis
This is just political scare mongering as the government would not be
able to over rule the law. We live in the UK not some third world
country.

Norman