Mike Stevens wrote: > Will Chapman wrote: >> That's one way. I also think it would work if part-time wardens >> were paid to patrol the towpaths just after working hours and >> on weekends asking cyclists and fishermen to present their licenses. > > At the moment a cycling permit is free of charge (IIRC), so that part of > the warden's job would be pure cost and no income.
Well, if thta is true, its time it changed. Towpaths are mangled up by cyclists and I think a moderate annual charge would be appropriate. > And anglers are policed > by the clubs to whom the fishing rights are leased (at least in the case of > the more efficient clubs). How does one tell whther an angler is a member of a club? And you saying that clubs monitor non-member fishermen? > But BW's income from fishing comes from the > rents paid by the fishing clubs, so chasing up individual unauthorised > anglers would add nothing to BW's income. > It would if it persuaded non-club fishermen to buy licenses. I know a lot of people that fish and very few of them are members of clubs (and probably a significant number aren't licenced). >> Note, too, that such part-time wardens could also be checking for >> out-of-date navigation licences and boats that have over-stayed the >> local mooring limits. > > That's done by mooring wardens. > Clearly not very efficiently. And, anyway, getting more people out policing what is clearly a significant problem (and potential source of additional income) won't do any harm. Just today a boater admitted to me that he was allowed to over-stay because he knew the 'BW bloke' and he had agreed to 'miss' him on his rounds. Cheers.. Will Chapman nb Quidditch > Mike Stevens > nb Felis Catus III - currently in Hertford > web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk > > No man is an island. So is Man. > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
