There is a very simple way to end this problem on the Norfolk Broads and to return it to a national park and not a national disgrace.
The fishing scene has the V.B.S.
The ‘VBS’ is an increasingly important partnership between the Angling Trust and Environment Agency, empowering anglers to support the police and Agency in fighting back against fisheries crime and protecting fish and fisheries. The VBS initiative continues to be enormously successful, driving forward positive change.
The road Police in Sussex at least have civilian volunteers who speed check cars and pass the details of speeders on to the Police, who then send a warning letter to drivers to let them know they have been clocked.
There can't be rangers on every bank and corner yet there are boaters, so why not recruit volunteers on the Norfolk Broads to carry speed guns and cameras?
When people go passed speeding they get clocked by civilians and details passed on to the Broads Authority/Broads Beat.
The registered boat keeper then gets a letter in the post informing them that they have been recorded speeding on the waterways.
They could then get information as to why that is a problem and that it is a civil offence.
The authorities get a realistic statistic of how large the problem is.
Repeat offenders and mass company boat offences gets the authorities attention of how a company is misbehaving on the waterways and failing to take responsibility for their vessels.
The end result is boats stop speeding, banks gets eroded less, nesting birds are not nuked out of existence by mega wakes and accidents are reduced because the speeds are reduced.
Easy fix really.
