University of Southampton – Seabass 2016 Survey
The Angling Trust and the Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society (BASS) are gathering evidence on the economic impacts on charter boats, the tackle trade and the local economy of the unfair landing restrictions that were imposed on recreational bass anglers last December. We will be undertaking a variety of surveys to assess this but we also […]
Irish Bass Survey
This survey has been designed by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) to evaluate the Irish bass fishery, bass angling and the current regulations in place which relate to the bass fishery in Ireland. If you fished for bass in Ireland in 2015 or caught bass in Ireland in 2015 while targeting other species your input would be welcome. […]
Bass Anglers March In Cornwall, But The Minister Has Left Town
150 anglers gathered in Camborne today to protest against the changes in bass regulations introduced this year. We weren’t protesting against change: we were protesting about the lack of change for our bass AND the utterly unfair balance of the changes made (for details why we are so livid look here: Cornish Bass Protest ) It […]
Ridiculous, But No April Fools. No Wonder Bass Anglers Are Demonstrating
As of today each inshore commercial gill net fishing boat can take 1.3 tonnes of bass every month for the rest of the year. Anglers on the other hand cannot take a single bass until July and then only 1 a day for the remaining 6 months of 2016. As completely crazy as this seems, this no April […]
A Demonstration Against Unfair And Insufficient Bass Regulations
New bass regulations fail to properly protect the bass stocks, prevent anglers from keeping any bass they catch for 6 months a year, yet allow commercial gill netters to continue to catch bass AND with an increased monthly limit. If you want to express your anger and demand a fair deal for bass and anglers, […]