Access Sub Group Meeting 28th Jul

Minutes of the Meeting held 28th July 2020 Agenda Objectives and outcomes on Access from the Broads Angling Strategy. How would we want to engage with the Broads Local Access Forum. Scope our initial Priority for BLAF The minutes and outcomes are available below: BASG Access group 28-Jul-20  

Hoveton Great Broad Permit Issued

Hoveton Great Broad – Temporary Fish Barriers, EPRNB3494JP: Flood risk activity permit granted. The Agency issued the following press release on Monday the 27th July. Hoveton Great Broad Stakeholder Briefing Jul-20 We are currently reviewing what this means for not only the Broads, but to the wider fisheries management and protection across England. We will…

Subscribers Update July 2020

Subscribers Update July 2020 Dear xxx This will be the format of a standard progress report in the form of a summary of the activities across the group. This is just a summary of activities to keep you abreast. News from our current campaigns . Hoveton Great Broad We await the outcome from the EA…

Chairmans Chat July 2020

Hi Folks I thought I would share my correspondence with the EA area manager following many months of awaiting for a decision on  Hoveton, which is also complied by the agencies seemingly inability to provide fishery survey data since 2016 for the Broads and surrounding area. 10th July 2020 Simon Hawkins East Anglia Area Manager…

BASG Environment Sub Group Update July 2020

Dear xxx, This is to provide you with an update on our environmental activities over the last 12 months and where we have got to against the wider environmental objectives as described in the Broads Angling Strategy. Understanding fish stocks in the Broads Fisheries enforcement & Regulation Tidal surges Toxic algae Prymnesium Predation Invasive species…

BASG Access Sub Group Update July 2020

  Dear xxx, BASG Access Sub Group Update July 2020 This is to provide you with an update following our discussion with the BLAF (Broads Local Access Forum) last month, that it will look at the provision of Angling Access as part of its refreshed constitution as part of delivering the Broads Integrated Access Strategy.…

Wensum Working Group Update June 2020

Dear xxx, Wensum Working Group Update June 2020 This is to provide you with an update following the outcomes from our Wensum Stakeholder Workshop last October and progress to date. Despite COVID-19 we have made some sound progress. We have established a governance structure and secured budget for a Wensum Project Officer to oversee many…

Subscribers Newsletter June 2020

Subscribers Newsletter June 2020 Dear xxxx It’s been some time since we communicated with you all as a subscriber to the Broads Angling Services Group. We have recently changed our IT systems to make communications easier. We now have a system in place to provide regular updates and specific news on items you have expressed…

Angling Access refocus from BLAF

The Broads Local Access Forum has agreed to address the key issue of angling access as part of it’s wider integrated access strategy. This legally bound BLAF can make recommendations to the full authority, which fully supports the provision of angling across the Broads following a formal review of its constitution. This is a significant…

Chairman’s Chat June-20

It’s been some time since we issued any form of general news from BASG. Indeed our last newsletter was distributed back in Sep 2018. There are several underlying reasons how this came about, primarily time, IT issues and resources. This I apologize if we seem to have looked dormant, but there has been much happening…