<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 at 05:06, stevea <<a href="mailto:steveaOSM@softworkers.com">steveaOSM@softworkers.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Yes, if I want to angle in a creek or river, I'll do it on public land, where there are plenty of opportunities (sometimes requiring a permit from state Fish & Game department, sometimes not).</blockquote><div><br></div><div>In England and Wales, rod fishing for salmon, trout, freshwater fish, smelt</div><div>or eel requires a licence. A fine of up to £2,500 (around $3,395) if you're</div><div>caught using a rod without a licence. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/fishing-licences">https://www.gov.uk/fishing-licences</a></div><div>Key sentence: "You also need... permission from the landowner to fish on</div><div> private land." One way or another, most waterways with good fishing</div><div>are on private land, and there are usually fees to pay for fishing there.<br></div><div><br></div><div>All of which has drifted somewhat off topic, but until we have a</div><div>reasonable understanding of how different legislations handle</div><div>things we don't have a good model of how we ought to go</div><div>about mapping them (or even if we should map them).<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> Somebody wants to charge me money for a permit to fish on private land, I'll pass, thanks. I realize that in some parts of the world, though, "that's how angling happens."<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In some parts of the world we don't have as much unencumbered</div><div>wilderness. Mainly because watercourses play an important role</div><div>in the spread of humanity and agriculture. And it's a bit more</div><div> cramped here in the UK.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>