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I would refer to the public meeting held in Neuadd Ogwen,
Bethesda regarding the above scheme.
On behalf of our members, I must inform you that we strongly
reject the scheme because of the likely effects on our members and our
angling.
The Association has 300 members and it is part of our
constitution to provide fishing to local anglers at as low a price as
possible. The introduction of this scheme will mean that each time an
angler wants to go fishing an extra cost will be incurred.
We can foresee that a large number of our members will decide
that they are not prepared to pay the additional cost each time and our
membership will decline drastically. Access to the lakeside and riverside
is of paramount importance to our members, many of whom are dependent upon
the car for safe access.
The result of this would be the Association would not be able to
support it’s financial commitments due to dwindling membership and the
likely outcome would be that the fishing would be taken over by groups
from outside the area and once again local anglers would suffer.
In addition to this almost a hundred visitors a year fish the
Association’s waters and enjoy considerably the experience of being able
to do so unhindered and safe in the knowledge that their vacation
activities are centred around their own timetable and not the local bus
company.
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