Reducing Bass Landings: Demand the Commercial Sector Contributes Too!
The commercial fishing sector is objecting to the setting of the Minimum Conservation Reference Size, (MCRS) for bass at 42cm. They wish to have it set initially at 40cm, at which length many of the bass will not even be mature, let alone have had the opportunity to spawn. We are, at present, over half […]
Saveourseabass.org: A New bass Campaigning Site Needs Your Help!
BASS has a new offshoot web site! http://www.saveourseabass.org As the “save our sea bass” title suggests it is focused purely on campaigning. It aims to encourage and enable people to get their voices heard in the right places and say the things most needed to help save our bass. It will get our message more […]
New EU bass measures in danger of being watered down!
Like buses, you wait ages for one bass conservation measure and then two come at once! The big news this week is that, following close on the heels of the EU Commission’s proposal for Vessel Catch Limits, the EU Commission has issued a proposal to increase the bass Minimum Conservation Reference Size (previously known as […]
For the love of plastic
One behaviour that is seemingly almost universal to lure anglers is the despair that accompanies a lure becoming snagged and in danger of being lost. What is worrying though is the lengths that some individuals can go to in an attempt to retrieve a lure, even one of little value. I have witnessed utter madness as […]
New Measures For Bass
It’s been a long and very frustrating wait since the EU Commission announced in January 2015 that it would introduce further measures restricting commercial bass fishing, but finally on Wednesday 20th May the EU Commission issued a draft Regulation for Vessel Catch Limits. And as a very welcome surprise, the draft Regulation also proposes a […]