So What Exactly Is A Striped Bass?
CHAPTER 10 – American Cousins So What Exactly Is A Striped Bass? The striped bass or ‘striper’ is a relative of the European sea bass, both fish belonging to the Sea Perch family. It is a native fish of the eastern United States from northern Florida to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is not […]
Spring (Part 2)
CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Spring (Part 2) A dozen times he recast when the bait was fished out and had swung right round to the edge of the surf, each time moving a little way along the beach to cover new ground. As the sun went down there came the semi-darkness and a chill of […]
An Open Letter Regarding CIFCA Byelaw Working Group’s Consideration Of Targeted Bass Netting
Save Our Sea Bass has written an open letter to members of the Cornwall IFCA Byelaw Working Group reminding them that sea anglers and commercial fishermen are expecting them propose measures to stop Cornish fixed netters illegally targeting bass as they shoal up in Cornish bays before they move offshore to spawn. To Cornwall IFCA […]
The Bass Minimum Landing Size Debacle
No single topic related to bass management has created as much controversy as Minimum Landing Size (MLS) or Minimum Conservation Reference Size (MCRS) as it is now referred to. As long ago as 1973, Recreational sea anglers formed the Bass Angling Sportfishing Society (BASS) to try and persuade fisheries managers to adopt a more conservation […]
Spring (Part 1)
CHAPTER 9 – ‘MORA’ Spring (Part 1) In the spring the North Atlantic Drift, pushed along by the mild southwesterly winds, carries rich nutrients into the bay from the far off seas of the Gulf of Mexico. Creatures living in the sea and above it depend, in one way or another, on the movements of […]