Wensum Ecolgly Working Group 23rd March 2022
Please see the attached minutes and actions from the meeting 23rd March 2022 Wensum Working Group 23rd March 2022 Notes and Actions Wensum Working Group 23rd March 2022 Presentation
Broads Angling Strategy 2022-26
BASG has updated its strategy and it was out for consultation from March 1st 2022. This document aligns to the wider 5 year BA Broads Plan, National Landscape Review and EA national angling strategy. The full document is available from Broads_Angling_Strategy_2022 Draft 5 low res
What Future for the Broads Fishery
Do you remember 1992? football launched the Premier League, John Major won 14million votes, the IRA were still bombing London and the Ford Mondeo seamed space age. It was also the year that the management of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Fishery began its decline. Until 1992 rod licences had been regional, but with privatisation…
BASG General Meeting 8th Feb 2022
Presentation Broads Angling Services Group CIC – (BASG) Minutes of a Meeting Held via Zoom On 8th Feb 2022 from7pm Attending: Kelvin Allen Duncan Holmes Andy Hindes Martyn Page Tim Colman Colin Howlett Tony Gibbons Steve Lane Alan Kirby Peter Howarth Richard Miles Update from Oct Meeting and current issues. Landscape Review Consultation Response Broads…
Moves to Protect and secure the barrier
BASG has entered discussions with the Environment Agency in how they can sustain the asset now some 25 year old and in clear need of repair. The barrier has saved the lives of millions of fish over the years from the seemingly increasing trend of salinity levels reaching near sea water concentrations as far upstream…
Historic Hydro Acoustic Surveys River Thurne
The Agency has provided access to the archives of previous survey reports on the River Thurne. These are hosted on the Angling Trust regional Site as with all other survey reports produced across the region. For the 2021 results there are some remarkable fish densities within Womack Dyke and Candle Dyke. Click on the map…
Historic Hydro Acoustic Surveys River Bure
The Agency has provided access to the archives of previous survey reports on the River Bure. These are hosted on the Angling Trust regional Site as with all other survey reports produced across the region. Click on the map to access
New Year New Approach
At our relaunch event in Oct 2021, we laid out our intention to address the sustainability of the Broads Fishery and our membership supported this unanimously to place the Broads Fishery on a sustainable footing. We have seen through the whole Hoveton saga, that the statutory bodies have little interest in fishing and fisheries, so…
BASG Christmas Message 2021
Dear Well what a year again, with many of us again getting away from all of the worldly issues by taking time out by the water doing our favoured pastime. People outside our world of angling ask me, what is it that fishing brings to you? My favoured expression is that angling means so many…
Wensum December 2021 Communications Briefing
The following email was sent to the 84 subscribers following the Wensum on the 17th Dec 2021. Dear xxx Wensum December 2021 Communications 2021 has seen some great movements in the development of the Wensum Catchment Partnership: A number of significant projects are being delivered within the Wensum Catchment Partnership including: Upper Wensum Cluster Farm…