Masterpiece of Spin
[We quote below a letter written by David Pessel, Chairman of the Plymouth Trawler Agents. The letter appears in the latest edition of ‘Fishing News’, a weekly newspaper serving the commercial fishing industry. The letter is Mr Pessel’s response to comments made by Ben Bradshaw MP, Fisheries Minister, in a recent edition of ‘Fishing News’. […]
Fisheries Minister responds
The following letter written by Ben Bradshaw MP, Fisheries Minister, appears in the ‘Fishing News’ (16 September), a weekly newspaper serving the commercial fishing industry. The Minister’s comments are in response to a letter by David Pessel, Chairman of the Plymouth Trawler Agents, published in ‘Fishing News’ (9 September), in which he criticised Defra in […]
Democracy or dictatorship
[The following letter appeared in the ‘Fishing News’, a weekly newspaper serving the commercial fishing industry. The letter is in response to an interview between Malcolm Gilbert, BASS European liaison officer and Phil Lockley, SW correspondent of the ‘Fishing News’, concerning the proposed increase in the bass MLS, which appeared in the FN. We thank […]
Don't miss this chance
The book – ‘Lure fishing’ by Mike Ladle & Harry Casey Mike Ladle has given BASS the last 40 copies of the book, ‘Lure Fishing’ written by him and his co-author, Harry Casey to raise funds for the ‘BASS Restoration Project’. This book, written in the late 80s and now ‘out of print’, is a […]
BASS members notice
Urgently required – evidence to support the Bass Management Plan The BASS Restoration Project Team have been in discussion with Defra and urgently require your help in providing evidence to support bass growth rates, in particular, scale samples from the 2002 year class. Will all BASS members please take 4-6 scale samples from bass between […]