Bass Regulations
Details of the current bass fishing regulations for recreational anglers. Links to the full guidance, including commercial bass fishing, are available at the end of the recreational summary.
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A collection of links to information which you may find useful when planning fishing trips from the shore, boat or kayak.
Read MoreWeight for it
The BASS weight to length conversion charts. This page includes the original article on the subject and a pdf version of both charts - measurements to fork of tail and...
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Every Day Is A School Day – 10 Things Research Has Revealed About Bass
C-Bass (Population studies in support of the conservation of the European sea bass) was a Defra funded project that ran from 2013 – 2020 and here are just a few...
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New UK Bass Research Projects
Joe Dawson from the University of Essex has penned this guest blog detailing some exciting research that BASS is pleased to support. Details of how BASS members and recreational sea...
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Science Group Update – Jan 2021
The Science Group is continually scanning the scientific horizon, looking for research papers and other information relating to bass biology, which may be of relevance to anglers. We recently produced...
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Science Group Update – September 2022
Fisheries Industry Science Partnership (FISP) scheme The FISP scheme aims to improve and share knowledge of fisheries and aquaculture by funding data collection and research to support sustainable fisheries management....
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SUPPER 4 Science
BASS has been supporting science initiatives in pursuit of better bass stocks since 1973. For the summer of 2023 we are backing a University of Essex led initiative – SUPPER...
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The Life Cycle Of Bass
The Life Cycle Of Bass For anglers interested in the biology of bass, the Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society (BASS) has produced this brief note on the life cycle of bass...
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