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Sustainability is one of the new themes of governments around the world, and expressed as sustainable development it has been extensively promoted in the UK. Our present government has made it a key aim for the Environment Agency, and English Nature have developed a position statement recognising

To be held at the Commodore Hotel, Marine Parade, Instow, Devon on Wednesday 12 April 2000 A forum for discussion of current research and concerns around the Devon Coast. This is the second Devon’s Living Coasts conference which aims to present research, projects and any activities which

During the 1970s, monofilament netting materials became increasingly available. These have the advantages of being very light, compact, cheap and of low visibility. This led to an explosion of effort which roughly coincided with increased demand as bass became very fashionable throughout Europe. During 1980, some commercial

The January 2000 edition of Profile, the official publication of the (American) Rapala Fishing Club describes a recently published study of the reasons why Americans go fishing. Their 1999 Future of Fishing survey indicated that relaxation (35%) and to be with family and friends (33%) dominated the

Recreational marine fisheries have traditionally been thought of as insignificant in scale, localised in impact and economically unimportant. The largely diffuse nature of the activity can conceal its size and significance just as the fishing port emphasises that of the commercial sector. Indeed in many cases management