I'm convinced these government agencies do these kind of things firstly,to justify their wages and secondly for a laugh.
The original thread was refering to 2006 legislation,it is nearly 2010 and nothing seems to have happened.No one has even checked my licence let alone what type of fish I'm catching (which is invariably none) and what I intend to do with it/them.The river baliffs just wave as they go water skiing past.
There is some say about 2 stroke engine being banned and only allowing 4 strokes on the river,depending on HP.This is to presumeably to reduce the vast amounts of exhaust being pumped into the river from the hordes of fishing guides that congest the water way and nothing at all to do with the power station up river.