Why? by Derek Hack
After being a member of BASS for just over a year, I feel now is the time to put pen to paper and express a few opinions. In the last month I have sent a letter to all those active members listed on the inside cover of the magazine. The crux of the letter was […]
EAA Resolution, Oslo
1999 began with the Committee making final adjustments to the joint BASS and NFSA Resolution document to be presented to the General Assembly of The European Anglers Alliance in Oslo during April 1999. The content of this document, seen as quite radical in some quarters, set out for the first time four key changes that […]
Barriers to progress
At the present time, there are three main barriers to the development of an alternative tourism strategy based around the European Sea Bass. These are: There must be fish – Without a prospect of being able catch bass in reasonable numbers and sizes, anglers and their families will not come to these coastal areas. If […]
Sport angling
A chapter from The Last of the Hunter Gatherers, reproduced with kind permission from the author Michael Wigan One of the most attractive ways to use a resource is enjoy it, then leave it behind. Sport fishing has this unbeatable, quite unassailable virtue: it does not harm the stock. Either the numbers caught and retained […]
Alternative tourism
This is a summary of a paper that Peter Macconnell produced for the EU Alternative Tourism Directorate (DG23). It sets out the key issues for recreational bass angling as an alternative tourism activity. The European Sea Bass – A Sought After Commodity The European Sea Bass is a much sought after commodity amongst recreational sea […]