Fishing for the truth about angling in Scotland
APOLOGIES for misleading readers over my last post regarding the proposed introduction of boating charges on Loch Lomond this year. Only the £30 boat registration charge is voluntary; the launching charges at the Duncan Mills and Milarrochy slipways are compulsory and take effect from April 1. Loch Lomond game anglers now face daily fees of…
Continue ReadingFEARS of compulsory launching and boat registration charges on Loch Lomond next year appear to have receded, if not quite vanished entirely beneath the waves, following the recent board meeting of the national park’s governing body. A swift change of tactics by the board of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs national park authority (NPA) brought…
Continue ReadingLOCH LOMOND, scene of a long-running acrimonious feud over administration of angling, is set for a further storm this week about plans by Scotland’s first national park authority to introduce charges for boat launching and registration of water-borne craft. A board meeting of the park authority, which receives a £7 million annual subsidy from the…
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