Apply to Join Your Local IFCA! The Deadline for applications has been extended to 11.55pm on Sunday 15th August 2021 In England, ten IFCAs (Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities) are responsible for managing sea fisheries resources from the coastline out to 6 nautical miles. Each IFCA is
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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
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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
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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 a paper “Methods of tracking bass” describing both traditional and more recent methods of following bass as
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Methods of tracking bass. The idea of following, or tracking, fish as they make their way around their unseen watery world has always held a fascination for anglers. This is not without significant challenges due to the dynamic nature of the ocean, the uncertain and invisible movement
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