In October of 2012 ICES* reported to the EU Commission on its assessment of a number of fish stocks, including turbot and bass. The report confirmed the fears that many have shared – Fishing mortality on bass is increasing and the stock-spawning biomass (the breeding stock) is
Read more →on the other side of the World. Martin Salter (National Campaigns Coordinator for the Angling Trust ) argues that its time to show that conservation shouldn’t be a dirty word. And that sometimes that means showing leadership and not just whingeing about the behaviour of others.
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Read more →before the powers that be pull their heads out of the sand and act . . . Latest bass advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Fishing Mortality is increasing Total biomass was 32% lower than in the previous three years.
Read more →THE recreational angling sector is generating direct revenues in excess of €500m a year. Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Pat Rabbitte revealed the figure in a written reply to a Dáil question. He said the vast majority of the revenue is retained in the localised communities
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