Whatever your view, if you want to be heard reference the coarse fishing close season on rivers, you need to get your piscatorial arses into gear!!!
Total-Fishing.com understand that with only a few days left to respond to the EA’s consultation on the close season on rivers, LESS THAN 8,0000 ANGLERS have so far bothered.
The consultation closes on March 11th.
From a 2018 survey of anglers’ opinions we know 43% of anglers then supported retaining the current close season: 17% support retaining a close season, but changing the dates; and 33% support removing the close season (the remainder were undecided).
https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/fisheries/consultation-on-the-review-of-the-close-season/