Urgent: Ask your MP to Support This Weeks Parliamentary Debate on Bass Angling and New Regulations
The debate in the House of Commons on Thursday (11th Feb) relating to our bass is fast approaching. Since blogging on this last week the actual title of the debate has been clarified to reflect that it is all about the concerns of us anglers to the 2016 bass regulations. It is titled:“Conservation of sea […]
Welsh Bass Guide on BBC Radio Wales
Saving the Sea Bass – Welsh Bass Guide Matt Powell on BBC Radio Wales As part of a Country Focus programme on saving the sea bass, BBC Radio Wales interviewed Welsh Bass Guide Matt Powell about the new EU laws on bass fishing. The programme will be transmitted at 7.03am this Sunday 7 February and […]
House of Commons Debate on Bass
Scott Mann, MP for North Cornwall and a keen recreational angler, has done a fantastic job in securing a three hour back-bench debate on bass in the House of Commons on Thursday 11 February to discuss the motion: “This House believes that the recent EU restrictions on recreational bass fishing are unfair and fail to […]
Bass Long Term Management Plan
[SOS Bass Team] A key meeting on bass took place last night (2 February) between: the All Party Parliamentary Angling Group (Simon Hart, Charles Walker and Scott Mann); Angling Trust Chief Executive Mark Lloyd and Campaigns Chief Martin Salter; and the Environment Secretary Liz Truss and Fisheries Minister George Eustice. The Ministers agreed a proposal […]