Bass Angling Conservation
Helping sea anglers get their views heard by politicians and fishery managers.
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We’re Not Gonna Take It!
Until the bass plan is amended to prioritise a higher stock target, I will be telling Defra ”We do not accept your plan”. Have you ever had the frustrating experience of someo…
UK and EU agree unsustainable bass fishing opportunities for 2025
The bass stock is at an unsafe level, yet instead of at least trying to keep the stock stable by cutting fishing pressure, unbelievably the UK and the EU have just agreed to i…
Bass 2025 Fishing Opportunities
This morning, the EU Commission has advised that the UK and EU have agreed to set bass fishing pressure below the ICES headline advice, in recognition of the bass stock still …
The (Bass) Nightmare Before Christmas?
In 2017 and 2018, the bass stock crashed to scarily low levels. But since then, as a result of emergency restrictions, the stock has recovered somewhat but remains at an…
Sussex Netting Byelaw
Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority was told that it should consult on radical changes it made to its proposed netting byelaw (scrapping the proposed “ne…
Cornish Fishery Manager – Undemocratic Behaviours?
The local fishery manager in Cornwall (the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Association) develops new byelaws in private, excluding the public from Byelaw Working G…