Save our Fish Stocks – Petition launched to protect vital spawning grounds in the Norfolk Broads Angling, fishery and wildlife interests in the Norfolk Broads have come together to draw public attention to the extremely serious threat to fish stocks and the wildlife which depend upon them, as a result of the proposed fish barriers…
This is the tracking of bream ID 50645 during the period Feb-May 2018 and migration to its spawning grounds in Hoveton Great Broad and Hudsons Bay.Data (Provided by Bournemouth University) Sign Our Petition Prevent the destruction of fish spawning sites at Hoveton Great Broad below. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334111/
Hoveton bio-manipulation statement The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads has been famous for its ability to support a mix of ecology and recreation and take people out into nature for centuries. The recent decision by the Environment Agency to ignore all the science and issue a permit to its partner Natural England leaves us astounded. We…
BA/2019/0134/FUL | Renewal of 85m of piling and quay heading along the eastern bank of the River Waveney to the south of the A146 Road Bridge | The Quay Fen Lane Beccles Suffolk NR34 9BH This is the first phase of a larger wider scheme as the plan below shows in red. The applicant states that these “new moorings”…
One of the best venues on the southern broads is on the river Waveney at Beccles Quay on the Suffolk bank. This venue has supported anglers for the past 50 years with little issues with the anglers and boaters working together with both enjoying the river. The moorings were vacated when the piling and quay…
John the current secretary of the Pike Anglers Club of Great Britain has achieved much for pike anglers and anglers in general, particularly within the Broads by holding the Environment Agency to account and specifically in his local patch, the Broads Authority. His lead on the delivery of many projects from driving Prymnesium research to…
The Broads Angling Strategy contained much about the retention of angler’s rights within its access to angling in the Broads theme. When the Broads Authority local planning policy was reviewed in 2018/19, BASG responded in requesting the strengthening of policy particularly DM28. This was formally adopted in May 2019 There are also recreational opportunities to…
The after-effects of Hurricane Gonzalez were a stark reminder of why tidal surges are a key issue for the Broads Angling Strategy. Put simply, when salt water is pushed up the tidal rivers during surges, it can trap and kill freshwater fish in minutes. Sadly this last week we saw the loss of many thousands of fish…
Trials carried out in Hickling Broad have shown that at controlled concentrations hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is deadly to Prymnesium parvum, the golden algae. The discovery follows research led by a team of scientists at the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia, aimed at finding a cost-effective solution to a persistent problem that…
The EDP ran an article on 31st January following a prymnesium meeting. Click on the picture to read the full article.