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EU fisheries ministers came up with a deal that recognises that targeted netting for threatened bass stocks is no longer an acceptable form of fishing. At the ‘Fishing Opportunities’ meeting for 2017, proposals from the EU Commission calling for an end to netting for bass - which had the wholehearted support of recreational fishing organisations […]
Following several successive years of stock decline and a vigorous campaign by recreational angling organisations, the countries of the EU have finally agreed to raise the minimum size at which bass can be harvested by both commercial and recreational fisherman. As usual the politicians and commercial sector have followed their usual line – spending years […]
The EU have just published the limitation which will apply to the exploitation of bass stocks. Their opening statement: “In June 2014 the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) released scientific advice on the stock of sea bass in the North-East Atlantic, and confirmed that this stock had been in rapid decline […]
Anglers fishing for bass in Area VIIa (roughly the Solway area) and Area IVb (East coast up to Fraserburgh) will now be restricted to a bag limit of 3 fish. This comes in effect following Council Regulation (EU) 2015/523 of 25 March 2021 amending Regulations (EU) No 43/2014 and (EU) 2015/104 as regards certain fishing […]
Anglers now have a new voice in Europe thanks to the establishment of the ‘Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment’ in the European Parliament which was launched in Brussels on the 25/03/15. The event was the first opportunity for the many Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) present to meet representatives of the European […]
As fixed by Council Regulations (EU) No 1221/2014 of 10 November 2014, No 1367/2014 of 15 December 2014, No 2015/104 of 19 January 2015, and No 2015/106 of 19 January 2015. Changes may be made during 2015. An easy to access information sheet. Download it in pdf format from here.
Most people are rightly outraged by the deception of Japan through their whaling for “scientific purposes”. But, according to Guardian journalist George Monbiot, the same trick – the mass slaughter of the creatures of the sea under the guise of “scientific research” – is now being deployed under our noses. Our own government, alongside the […]
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/111 of 26 January 2021 Establishing measures to alleviate a serious threat to the conservation of bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) stock in the Celtic Sea, Channel, Irish Sea and southern North Sea. Full text in 23 languages here. The final trawling ban area was extended to include ICES areas VIIj,k "to prevent displacement […]
Our 2017 events schedule will be published within the coming months
These Events are open to all and SSACN look forward to seeing you at what will be a terrific weekend of sea angling.– come along and join in.
Wild Seaweed Harvesting Consultation
The Wild Seaweed Harvesting: Strategic Environmental Assessment - Environmental Report has been published on the Scottish Government web site. It can be found on the webpage; http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/11/6869 . There is a public consultation associated with this report. The Consultation on Wild Seaweed Harvesting started today, 22 November 2020 and will end on Friday, 15 February […]
Consultation on landing controls for Scottish crab and lobster fisheries
Scotland’s brown crab, velvet crab and lobster fisheries around much of the Scottish coast are estimated to be fished at levels close to or above the FMSY proxy (FMSY is the fishing mortality consistent with the largest average yield that can continuously be taken from a stock under existing environmental conditions). The Scottish fishing industry […]
Draft Wild Fisheries Strategy: a consultation
This consultation is designed to give stakeholders an opportunity to provide feedback on the approach currently being taken as the Government continue to develop the legislative provisions for a Wild Fisheries (Scotland) Bill. The easiest way to access and respond to the consultation is through the Scottish Government’s online consultation tool – Citizen Space. You […]
Help needed to ‘Revive the Clyde’
Please note that any comments have to be sent in by Monday 18th January. The Scottish Government has received an application for a Regulating Order, which intends to “revive the clyde”. If successful, the order submitted by the Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT) will restrict prawn trawling in many of the areas thought to be […]
MPAs back out for consultation
Further consultations are to be held into three of the largest of the Scottish government’s planned marine protected areas (MPAs). The three designations involved cover the Small Isles, Wester Ross and Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura. They form part of a proposed network of 30 protected areas. The decision to consult again follows […]
Commercial fishermen want new MPAs held off for 10 years
Western Isles fishermen yesterday joined calls to the Scottish Government for a 10 year moratorium on any new Marine Protection Areas (MPA) being granted around the islands. Duncan Macinnes of Western Isles Fisheries Association (WIFA) told Rural Affairs minister Richard Lochhead that any more MPAs risked driving younger fishermen and their families away from the […]
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