Well, our government seems to think so! In July 2021, the government increased sea bass catch limits for commercial fishermen using bottom trawls and seine nets by a hefty 46%[1] and allowed commercial shore netters to start landing and selling bass. So, what increase in catch allowances
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Objection To Cornwall IFCA Proposed Salmonid Byelaw Introduction Save Our Sea Bass objects to the proposed Salmonid byelaw. Our objections divide into two categories: 1) insufficient protection for Salmonids; and 2) procedural failures by Cornwall IFCA in developing the proposed byelaw. These are discussed in more detail
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It is currently illegal for shore-netters to land sea bass. But thanks to lobbying by just 5 shore netters in Holderness, the UK Government is proposing to ask the EU to allow shore-netters across the whole of the UK and Northern Europe to be able to target
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Funded by the Bass Anglers' Sportfishing Society (BASS)
