From the BASS Website:

- On 14 March the Minister met with representatives from the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations to discuss their concerns about the measures.

- The outcome of this meeting was the Minister's agreement to consider the points raised by the NFFO and any new evidence before considering the introduction of the Statutory Instrument (SI). We will be looking in particular at the evidence and the extent to which discards will increase at a MLS of 40cm.

- The SI will therefore not come into force as planned on 6 April.

Further details at: http://ukbass.com/2007/03/bass-mls-increase-stopped.html

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