Articles

ICES on Bass

2008-11-30T00:00:00+01:00

There have been a number of influential reports produced by ICES over recent years detailing the developing fishery for bass, the status of the fishery, and recommendations for future management. Although the observation from the 2004 report that bass appears to be being fished sustainably is often quoted in response ...

Tope - A Code of Best Practice for Anglers

2008-04-04T00:00:00+01:00

The following Code of Best Practice was developed by Save Our Sharks and has been adopted by the NFSA. Tope Handling - A code of best practice As part of a programme to protect a threatened species, recent Government legislation has put severe controls on the catching of Tope ...

Undiscovered Value

2007-07-06T00:00:00+01:00

They had been there for a long while, but no one seemed to notice. A few figures trudging down the beach after the holidaymakers had abandoned the sands at day’s end. No one noticed them out in the cold and hissing rain, when more sensible people were sheltered in the warmth and ...

Avoiding Bass Discards

2007-01-24T00:00:00+01:00

Prior to April 2007, when a new Minimum Landing Size (MLS) for bass of 40cm will be implemented, immature bass of just 36cm are presently the target of many inshore bass fisheries. Bass of this size mix with smaller bass, so even now there is a certain amount of discarding of ...

The Water Framework Directive

2007-01-20T00:00:00+01:00

The very title seems designed to cause eyes to glaze over immediately, and attention to wander to more interesting things. But anglers, including Recreational Sea Anglers, in fact anyone with an interest in the coastal environment, would be wrong to let their attention wander and not keep an eye on the inevitable ...