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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

“HE THAT IS GOOD FOR MAKING EXCUSES IS SELDOM GOOD FOR ANYTHING ELSE.”                – BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In our last press release, we thanked Cornwall IFCA Committee members for engaging with the problem of some Cornish fixed netters illegally targeting bass,

Fixed netters in St Ives bay are reported to be illegally hammering bass as they aggregate to migrate to offshore spawning areas.  We are told one vessel has landed 1.5 tonnes of bass in one night (more than its 1.4 tonnes annual allowance) and earned around £5,000