FISHING NEWS
Boat anglers beware! On the 31st March the Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023 came into force. This lays out a list of regulations and requirements that operators of personal watercraft (any craft capable of moving under its own mechanical power’) are now required, by law, to comply with.
Affecting the whole of the UK, the legislation is intended to act as a deterrent to those who might otherwise use watercraft in a reckless or inappropriate manner. Sea Angler understands that in particular it has been the reckless