My name is Andreas 61) and I visit Norway up to three times a year to enjoy fishing and the wonderful nature with fiends. Once again, it turns out that a few stupid’s manage to spoil the fun of the big crowd!
Someone has deliberately made a crazy suggestion to drive the discussion. Congratulations, you were successful. Just a shame that some consider it a feasible proposal. Now it is a matter of showing clear and viable ways so that no nonsense comes out.
I’ve read the Höringsbrev (translated by Google) completely and there are many proposals and ideas.
It starts with a “license” to use rental boats in Norway. This I will comment in the following way. If I drive with a motor boat onto the ocean, seeing many rocks and high waves, I have to respect the nature and safety comes first! If I’m the captain I fully responsible for all members on board!
It is clear to everyone that we cannot always go on as in the past decades. But where does that lead to? Let's take the Baltic Sea with its bag limit. At first the catches were unlimited, then 7 cods per day outside the closed season and now in 2020 there are 5 only! Conclusion: if you want to buy a fish trawler cheaply, you should look around the Baltic Sea coast. They are now cheap. Only a few still hold on and continue fishing. First cod, then fluke fishing. And then? The fish trawler owners, hotels, tackle shops and so on are paying the bill. But why it was happen? Because we took more than we should take in the years before. More people on earth need more food than before.
In Norway you might export 10 or 20 kg of fish fillet after 7 days. Did I misunderstand something? So far I've read it like this, then you have to have booked at least 7 days in a fishing facility in order to take 20 kg fillet instead of 10 kg. Now I see it the other way round. I can only cross the border with 20 kg of fish every 7 days, i.e. 52 times a year with 20 kg fillet? Hello, we are anglers and not fishmongers! Maybe someone should make the Norwegian government aware that the average Norwegian angler comes to Norway once a year to dream his dream of endlessly crooked rods. If you have the time and the financial means some people come 3-4 times a year. I don't always take the 20 kg with me and know others who don't do it as well.
Ultimately, the black sheep should be punished accordingly. But that has already been sufficiently demanded.
I can only partially agree with the suggestion that the landlord should confirm the 20 kg, since it is not under their control what the fisherman ultimately has in the box.
Anyone can scold and criticize, but suggestions should also be made. Here is mine.
1. An angler who goes to Norway and wants to export 20/15 kg of fish fillet must register with customs in advance (online form with registration number and expected length of stay). A database could quickly determine how often someone comes to Norway to fish. This can be used to collect a yearly fee of i.e. 20,- or 30,-€
2. When leaving the country, the amount in kg of fish fillet must be specified (online form with identical registration number). No fish has to be specified either.
3. To improve control and job creation, significantly increase the border controls when leaving the country.
4. 15 or 20 kg of fish fillet may only be taken 3-4 times a year.
5. If the return of the online form is "forgotten" on departure, further exports are prohibited in the running year (see 6 b).
6. Significant increase in penalties!
6 a. Too much fish fillet by season
6 b. No feedback should be due after 4 weeks of the return trip at the latest
7. The registration No. could be used to register the catches as well (Why fishermen should register released fishes as well? I don’t understand it, sorry)
Unfortunately, most of them have to be on their wallets. Those who support these mass withdrawals and may do a business with them, you don't need to come with a fine of 50 or 100 euros. Someone who saves all year round to be able to go to Norway once will think twice about taking more fish fillet with them.
Surely our dear Norwegians will also see the many thousands of anglers who come to beautiful Norge every year. Many camp operators, fishing travel providers, local retailers live from us anglers. On the Baltic Sea, it is not only the fisher boat captains who have the damage, but many others too. Let's hope that things don't go that far in Norway.
Someone has deliberately made a crazy suggestion to drive the discussion. Congratulations, you were successful. Just a shame that some consider it a feasible proposal. Now it is a matter of showing clear and viable ways so that no nonsense comes out.
I’ve read the Höringsbrev (translated by Google) completely and there are many proposals and ideas.
It starts with a “license” to use rental boats in Norway. This I will comment in the following way. If I drive with a motor boat onto the ocean, seeing many rocks and high waves, I have to respect the nature and safety comes first! If I’m the captain I fully responsible for all members on board!
It is clear to everyone that we cannot always go on as in the past decades. But where does that lead to? Let's take the Baltic Sea with its bag limit. At first the catches were unlimited, then 7 cods per day outside the closed season and now in 2020 there are 5 only! Conclusion: if you want to buy a fish trawler cheaply, you should look around the Baltic Sea coast. They are now cheap. Only a few still hold on and continue fishing. First cod, then fluke fishing. And then? The fish trawler owners, hotels, tackle shops and so on are paying the bill. But why it was happen? Because we took more than we should take in the years before. More people on earth need more food than before.
In Norway you might export 10 or 20 kg of fish fillet after 7 days. Did I misunderstand something? So far I've read it like this, then you have to have booked at least 7 days in a fishing facility in order to take 20 kg fillet instead of 10 kg. Now I see it the other way round. I can only cross the border with 20 kg of fish every 7 days, i.e. 52 times a year with 20 kg fillet? Hello, we are anglers and not fishmongers! Maybe someone should make the Norwegian government aware that the average Norwegian angler comes to Norway once a year to dream his dream of endlessly crooked rods. If you have the time and the financial means some people come 3-4 times a year. I don't always take the 20 kg with me and know others who don't do it as well.
Ultimately, the black sheep should be punished accordingly. But that has already been sufficiently demanded.
I can only partially agree with the suggestion that the landlord should confirm the 20 kg, since it is not under their control what the fisherman ultimately has in the box.
Anyone can scold and criticize, but suggestions should also be made. Here is mine.
1. An angler who goes to Norway and wants to export 20/15 kg of fish fillet must register with customs in advance (online form with registration number and expected length of stay). A database could quickly determine how often someone comes to Norway to fish. This can be used to collect a yearly fee of i.e. 20,- or 30,-€
2. When leaving the country, the amount in kg of fish fillet must be specified (online form with identical registration number). No fish has to be specified either.
3. To improve control and job creation, significantly increase the border controls when leaving the country.
4. 15 or 20 kg of fish fillet may only be taken 3-4 times a year.
5. If the return of the online form is "forgotten" on departure, further exports are prohibited in the running year (see 6 b).
6. Significant increase in penalties!
6 a. Too much fish fillet by season
6 b. No feedback should be due after 4 weeks of the return trip at the latest
7. The registration No. could be used to register the catches as well (Why fishermen should register released fishes as well? I don’t understand it, sorry)
Unfortunately, most of them have to be on their wallets. Those who support these mass withdrawals and may do a business with them, you don't need to come with a fine of 50 or 100 euros. Someone who saves all year round to be able to go to Norway once will think twice about taking more fish fillet with them.
Surely our dear Norwegians will also see the many thousands of anglers who come to beautiful Norge every year. Many camp operators, fishing travel providers, local retailers live from us anglers. On the Baltic Sea, it is not only the fisher boat captains who have the damage, but many others too. Let's hope that things don't go that far in Norway.