The Whitby and District Tourism Association is completely opposed to any introduction of sea angling rod licences. Whitby is a small port struggling to change from a traditional reliance on trawler fishing to a more appropriate and sustainable economy. This is increasingly Tourism, including sea angling from the beach, the piers and also from a [...]

THE sea angling industry in Whitby has been saved after a dramatic Government climb-down caused in part by pressure from the town’s skippers.Jonathan Shaw, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at DEFRA announced on Tuesday he was scrapping plans to introduce a compulsory rod licence for anglers, a move which Whitby skippers had warned would cripple the industry.
The plans [...]