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Originally Posted by Kayleigh  Why are they being protected?? |
i think its not about protection per se but rather control - if people are allowed to fish for them un controled it is only a matter of time before some chucklehead releases some in a water course they have not previously reached.
also another consideration is that not everybody can tell the native and signals apart and thus where both are present licences are restricted.
i do agree however that the licencing process has got unworkably complex - a case of buearcracy for its own sake most likely