NFSA press release
Anglers battering the fish heads of Europe After ten years of stubbornly refusing recreational sea anglers any say in managing fisheries, the European Council has given up and agreed that the euro 8- euro 10 billion (£6-8 billion) they generate each year now qualifies them as a genuine part of the community’s fishing industry. Sea […]
BASS magazine 124
The next issue of the BASS magazine, No. 124, is scheduled for distribution to all BASS members on 4 March 2008. In addition to the editorial, officer’s reports, the letters column and other regular features, the magazine will also contain the following articles:- ……..last man standing – Steve Butler A new angle of attack – […]
Everyone loses
“Defra appeasement and inactivity will destroy bass stocks for everyone” Cornish inshore commercial fishermen have finally admitted that bass stocks in Cornwall are over-fished. In the 18 January 2008 edition of Fishing News, skipper David Bond of Looe, explained that the lack of available quota for species, such as, cod and sole, has forced the […]
BASS press release
BASS goes to Parliament Demanding more bigger fish. On the 21 January, the Bass Anglers’ Sportfishing Society (BASS) will be meeting with MPs of all parties to discuss proposals to further develop the valuable UK Recreational Bass Fishery. Though the new Fisheries Minister (Jonathan Shaw MP) recently backed down from increasing the legal size at […]
BASS press release
Question of Trust Labour is on course to lose the Angling Vote That is the conclusion that many are coming to in the aftermath of the recent decision by Jonathan Shaw MP to abandon previous government policy to protect the UK’s important and valuable Recreational Bass Fishery. With local fishermen’s organisations protesting that reduced fish […]