Press Releases From BASS
2015
- Bass landings target was exceeded by mid March!, May 2015
- Eating an Elephant to Save Our Bass, March 2015
- Recent measures make little impact to save our bass, March 2015
- BASS meetings with DEFRA and the EU, February 2015
- Poor recruitment of bass alone does not explain recent stock decline, February 2015
- Our Bass Need Your Urgent Help!, February 2015
- And the winner is…?, January 2015
2014
- EU failure to act to protect our bass, December 2014
- The Timing IS Right!, December 2014
- Don’t let the EU off the Hook, November 2014
- EU consideration of how to reduce bass landings, November 2014
- Campaign for reduced bass landings, October 2014
- Petition for action to reducing bass landings, October 2014
- Sea anglers demand more bass protection, September 2014
- Bass in trouble – scientists demand 80% cut in landings, July 2014
- ICES Advice on bass, June 2014
- The Bargip Project, June 2014
2013
- Bye Bye Bass, November 2013
- Minister to Press Ahead with Bass Conservation Measures, October 2013
- Bass joins list of threatened fish, October 2013
- Bass stocks plummet in Channel Island waters, October 2013
- The s#!t has hit the fan, July 2013
- Let our bass breed, April 2013
2012
2011
- Strange Events in Cornwall, August 2011
2009
- European Bass Stocks Under Threat, February 2009
2008
- BASS Tells Minister to Beef Up for 2012, October 2008
- Bass Slaughter, July 2008
- BASS Challenges Minister’s Smokescreen, June 2008
- Stop Eating the Babies, June 2008
- Bass stocks are collapsing, May 2008
- Everyone loses, January 2008
- BASS goes to Parliament, January 2008
2007
- Letter from The Minister, October 2007
- Bass mls – press release, October 2007
- Furore over bass mls delay, March 2007
- Bass mls increase stopped, March 2007
- Bass mls. Give it a chance, March 2007
2006
- BASS writes to WAG, October 2006
- BASS meets WAG September, September 2006
- Bass mls – more comment, August 2006
- Defra press release re mls, August 2006
Other Press Releases
The Times March 2015
British fishing fleet ‘pushing sea bass to the brink’
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4377196.ece
World fishing and Aquaculture Jan 2015
The European Commission has announced new measures to avert the collapse of declining sea bass stocks
http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/eu-sea-bass-measures
The Independent November 2014
Anger over EU plans to limit anglers to catching one sea bass a day to combat ‘worrying’ decline
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/anger-over-eu-plans-to-limit-anglers-to-catching-one-sea-bass-a-day-to-combat-worrying-decline-9832949.html
BBC Devon August 2014
Sea anglers demand more bass protection Sea anglers in Cornwall are calling for urgent action to preserve fish stocks
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-28995033
The Independent July 2014
Sea bass numbers suffer a dramatic decline as overfishing takes its toll. The problem has intensified in the past 12 months and scientists are now urging an 80 per cent reduction in catches
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sea-bass-numbers-suffer-a-dramatic-decline-as-overfishing-takes-its-toll-9601423.html
