Nigel Horsman has reported back regarding his recent presentation to the Southern IFCA: “I got a good grilling and I think we won the arguments (but I would think that wouldn’t I?). Dr Antony Jensen chaired that part of the meeting and concluded (with the agreement of
Read more →The unique and exclusive continued use of bass in the Republic of Ireland as a highly valuable Recreational Sea Angling fishery resource has been confirmed by the Irish Fisheries Minister, Simon Coveney who has rejected a proposal by commercial fishing interests to open up commercial fishing for bass.
Read more →For the past nine months BASS member Nigel Horsman has been persistently lobbying the Southern IFCA (which covers Dorset, Hampshire and the IoW) and it’s members. Following a meeting with the Chairman, he was asked to write a paper setting out the argument for a higher bass
Read more →BASS met with Defra in June 2011. Data produced by Cefas on bass catches/landings in England and Wales and provided by Defra during and after that meeting is now available. Download the original document: Cefas bass discards data v2 (Age compositions and discarding of bass in the uk commercial
Read more →BASS attended the CLA game fair over the weekend (22/23/24 of July) at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Many thanks to those members who gave up their free time to help on our stand over those days. Your efforts were very much appreciated: my thanks to Jo Calver, Alan
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