QUOTE (Elton @ Jun 15 2010, 08:05 AM)
To what end are all these expensive resources being deployed for?
The methods are nothing new; there were planes photographing trawlers with their wires out inside the trawling ban zone 30 yrs ago, but can't remember any convictions resulting from their evidence.
Hope I'm wrong, or else my taxes are apparently to pay for a few peeps to enjoy some nice jaunts.
Maybe things have moved on and i'm missing something, but even if boat "x" was photographed with its wires out 100m from the beach it would mean what in court? Those wires were not connected to a net, but to gear to salvage (creepers) something lost, or they where running the wire out out to sort a problem on the winch (any angler that has never done that is a lier
so its a defence..)
In all likelihood they will fly their expensive kites, pour other peoples money into the ocean and have very little actual effect. Theres no self destruct button though so guess who they are gonna pick on for their bread and butter?
Just MHO.
