After months of trying, via Fish Legal we have being provided the documents that the EA seemingly judged as more relevant than their own fishery experts. These fishery documents come without an author and date of creation. [1] Hoveton Project creating a sustainable future for the Bure system (002) … [2] Annex 1 – Fish…
The Angling Trust and BASG issued a joint press release today following the response from the EA on the pending Fish Legal legal challenge. The press release is hosted on the AT website accessible on the link below. https://anglingtrust.net/2020/09/09/environment-agency-ignores-its-own-experts-trying-to-protect-vital-fish-spawning-grounds-in-norfolk-broads/ BASG States: It’s unbelievable that the EA Management appear to ignore the science and its own…
We formally requested via a FOI request to see the internal EA Fisheries teams response to the – Hoveton Great Broad Flood Risk Activity Permit Consultation Responses, this post includes this response to view for yourself.. The Fisheries Team form part of the Fisheries Biodiversity & Geomorphology (FBG) team structure within the Environment Agency. The…
https://basg.online/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/HGB-Campaign-4-Sep-20-with-Audio.mp4 This is the third of our campaign videos highlighting the plight of Bream in the Northern Broads and impact on it’s angling competitions and festivals. Please click on the Petition below to register your objection. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334111
https://basg.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/campaign3-Mar-21_0.mp4 This is the second of our campaign videos highlighting the plight of Bream in the Northern Broads and impact on it’s wider ecosystem. Please click on the Petition below to register your objection. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334111
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…
Wensum Working Group Meeting 4th Aug 2020 Matters Arising – None This was a meeting focused on the ecology invertebrate group looking at establishing a long term monitoring and alert scheme for the River Wensum Attendees David Harper, Geoff Philipps, Dennis Willis, Roger Gibbons & Kelvin Allen The group formed from the Wensum Partnership Workshop…
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…
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…