Bass Anglers’ Sportfishing Society

Fighting for Bass and Bass Anglers’ since 1973

Fishing focus – issue 2

Defra & Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) newsletter Today a second trial issue of the Marine and Fisheries newsletter, ‘Fishing Focus’, has been published. The newsletter is a joint publication from Defra and the Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) and aims to improve communications with stakeholders. Defra made a commitment to improve its communication with stakeholders and […]

BASS submission to WAG

[NB – the Defra pdf file link ‘www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/gov-response-seafish/sfia-reviewfinalreport.pdf ‘ appearing on page 3 of the BASS response to WAG, referred to below, may not open for some of you. If it doesn’t, please use this link to access the file.] In March 2006, the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) invited the views of those sea anglers, […]

BASS magazine

The sun is starting to rise in the sky and no doubt all you BASS members out there are getting ready for the start of the bass fishing season. Some of you may even have already wet a line. However spare a thought for the new BASS editor, Steve Binckes, who, as we speak, is […]

Sea angling in Wales

An invitation The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has launched a consultation to invite the views of those sea anglers, who fish the coasts of Wales. The WAG is keen to develop and promote all types of angling in the Principality, but this consultation is specifically aimed at SEA anglers. Full details of the consultation are […]

Bass mls consultation

Defra have announced that the consultation on the conservation of bass stock has now finished with some 2800 responses gathered. They plan to announce a decision about any future action in the early summer.