BASS magazine 123
The next issue of the BASS magazine, No. 123 is scheduled for distribution to all BASS members by about 10/12 December 2007. In addition to the editorial, officer’s reports, the letters column and other regular features, the magazine will also contain the following articles:- That’s the way to do it Catch and Release and catch […]
NFSA press release
Minister’s “heartbreak” over cod – and over bass, too The fisheries minister (Jonathan Shaw) today described on BBC Breakfast as “heartbreaking” that EU rules were forcing fishermen catching cod in the North Sea to throw them back dead. Richard Ferré, chairman of the National Federation of Sea Anglers, said today that a month ago Mr. […]
NFSA press release
Anglers say licences a poor catch A controversial scheme to licence sea angling in the draft Marine Bill to be published around Easter 2008, could become bureaucratic, covering only its own costs and not bring any benefits to sea anglers. Although the bill was not specifically mentioned in the Queen’s speech to parliament on Tuesday, […]
Letter from The Minister
Following the deeply disappointing announcement by Defra that The Minister for Fisheries, Jonathan Shaw, has decided not to increase the bass MLS from 36 cm to 40 cm, Mr Shaw has written directly to John Leballeur Chairman of the BASS Restoration Project Team, to offer a personal explanation of his decision. By following the link […]
Bass mls – press release
Issued jointly by Bass Anglers’ Sportfishing Society (BASS) and the National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA), dated 25 October 2007 Government dumps a fishy problem overboard A decision 14 months ago to ban the sale of immature sea bass caught by British fishermen around the English coast, was abandoned by the government today. The fisheries […]