Reducing Bass Landings: Demand the Commercial Sector Contributes Too!
The commercial fishing sector is objecting to the setting of the Minimum Conservation Reference Size, (MCRS) for bass at 42cm. They wish to have it set initially at 40cm, at which length many of the bass will not even be mature, let alone have had the opportunity to spawn. We are, at present, over half […]
80% reduced 2015 bass landings target was exceeded by mid March!
The EU’s own scientists most recent report on bass stocks stated landings need to be reduced by 80% to prevent stock collapse. The limited data that exists suggests however that the 2015 80% reduction figure was passed less than a quarter of the way into the year! So to summarise 2015 to date: Bass landings […]
What’s the story?
A journalist from Wales wanted to speak to a member of the BASS campaign team urgently today. The 2 best qualified BASS personnel were not available at short notice on a Bank Holiday, so in their absence I sought to help him. I called with no idea as to what he wanted from BASS and […]
Recent measures make little impact to save our bass: demand politicians do more!
The European Union’s own scientist state we need an 80% reduction in bass landings to prevent imminent stock collapse, yet early French statistics for the year to date show bass catches are down only 14% ! The temporary suspension of “pair trawling” announced in January was a start, but this was meant to reduce landings […]
Save our sea bass campaign: an update
David Curtis has provided this update on our ongoing campaign to bring about the necessary 80% reduction in landings of our bass. It will go out to the thousands who signed our 38 degrees “saveourseabass” petition. The bottom line is we need to continue to demonstrate we are in this for the long run and […]