Aussie Anglers Badly Let Down says Salter  

Former UK Angling MP Calls on NSW Politicians to Support More Recreational Fishing in Marine Parks Last week the British Labour Party’s former Angling Spokesman, Martin Salter gave evidence to the New South Wales Parliamentary Inquiry into Recreational Fishing which is looking, amongst other things, at the controversial issue angling and Marine Parks which featured as a significant issue in the recent Australian Federal election. Mr Salter, who retired from the House of Commons in April and is living for a while in Sydney accused NSW politicians of providing poor representation for the State’s estimated 1 milion anglers who now have their own Fishing and Shooting Party. He put forward a plan to allow anglers in reciept of a special permit who practise ‘catch and release’ to be allowed to regain access to a majority of the Marine Park sanctuary zones from which they’ve...