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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This week, we have again been receiving reports of fixed netters in St Ives Bay illegally targeting bass as they aggregate to migrate to offshore spawning areas. Will Cornwall IFCA take urgent action to protect these fish from illegal and unsustainable fishing? At the end of this
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“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,
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