CHAPTER 8 – PROTECT AND SURVIVE Bass Tagging 2000 – 2003 PART 1 – ‘BASS TAGGING PROJECT CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION’ Tagging appeals to the naturalist in us all – it opens a window of opportunity for us to discover where fish go when they are not here.
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Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants – Bryan Meade From reading the recent blog: Bass legislation – A Summary, it is clear that 1988 was a turbulent year in the history of legislation relating to bass management and the fight to protect immature fish from the rampant
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CHAPTER 8 – PROTECT AND SURVIVE Bass Legislation – A Summary Prior to 1974 – There was no legal MLS. 1974 – MAFF published a scientific paper recognising the need for an MLS of 38cm as a protection measure. Angling organizations campaigned for an MLS to be
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CHAPTER 8 – PROTECT AND SURVIVE Just A Dream? I trudged along the beach at dawn, the shingle crunching under my feet, and the sounds of small breakers washing the stones as the tide began to turn. Ahead I could see the figure of another angler, already
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CHAPTER 7 – THE SOCIETY The BASS Restoration Project The pressures on commercially fished-for stocks around the globe have increased year on year, and we anglers have been able to do little more than read about it. While the fishing industry has geared itself up with larger
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