Not an incident so, presumably, of no interest to CHIRP, until someone is injured or dies.

The entire inshore area between Lepe and Calshot is now totally peppered with dozens & dozens of wholly inadequately marked pot bobbers - directly on the lay-line for small boats heading to, or returning from, the West.

With ABP's insistence that the main channel is a no-go area for small craft, these craft are largely forced to the North of the channel and therefore into direct conflict with this maze of bobbers with their inherent dangers.

Even the most inept barrister would surely have no problem whatsoever, in proving the relevant authority, whom I assume to be ABP, to be negligent in their duty to ensure safe navigation.

Is this just another instance of the bloody mindedness of fishermen carrying the day, because no one has the guts to take them on - legally or on their own terms?