BASS 2006 subscriptions
Members are reminded that the 2006 subs are now due, if you have not already done so, please send your cheque, in favour of BASS, to:- John Halton BASS Treasurer Millway Cottage Hoofield Lane Huxley Chester CH3 9BR The current subscription rates remain unchanged and are: Individual (Adult) – £18 Family, Club or Organisation – […]
Photo gallery
The BASS web site photo gallery is now live. Please note, all the bass that appear in the photographs were returned to the sea unharmed. We are always looking for new photographs from BASS members, so if you have any which may be suitable, please contact David Riley. We require any bass fishing, catching or […]
Bass public consultation
The public consultation process by Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government to increase the minimum landing size (mls) of bass and appropriate commercial net mesh size, is well underway. The closing date for responses to Defra is 8 february 2006 and for those responses to the Welsh Assembly Government the closing date is 14 february […]
Bass mls – scientific view
[Comment – the following article appeared (2 December 2005) in the ‘Fishing News’, a weekly newspaper serving the commercial fishing industry. We thank both the author, Dr Mike Pawson of Cefas, and the Editor of ‘Fishing News’, for allowing us to publish the article on this web site.] Sea bass: stocks, fisheries and management around […]
NFSA press release
MPs debate fishing 19,000 sea angling jobs are firmly hooked Britain’s professional fishermen regard jobs in the resurgent sea angling industry as ‘ghost jobs’ and not as valid, or as real, as their own. Members of Parliament who debate sea fisheries on Wednesday (December 7) have been told that the £1 billion sea angling industry […]