Well here we are again and if like me all excited for the start of a new river season. What will it bring this year, that’s the mystery of it all. This time last year the easing of the pandemic restriction allowed angling, but not in any form of competitive gathering. This year things are…
Who would of thought that again we saw the power of nature following the tidal surge and locking of salinity impact on the northern broads in early April. This demonstrates the challenges facing not only the broads fishery, but its whole freshwater ecology, as climate change continues to ramp up these events with the continuing…
The week commencing 5th April saw strong Northerly winds coupled with spring tides causing what is known as tide locking across the Broads, with several tides effectively being held land locked within the rivers Bure and Yare. The result is a push of this saline sea water up the rivers reaching areas not normally impacted…
After 8 years my time has come to leave my membership of the Broads Authority. Sadly, I leave the authority with its fishery in a far worst state than in 2013, with the here and now activities of Natural England threatening to destroy fish in the name of conservation, leading to the loss of our…
One of the key themes within the Broads Angling Strategy is climate change and the impact salinity has across the Broads in terms of not only a fishery, but the wider freshwater ecosystem it supports. Whilst we continue here and now the fight with Natural England on attempting to create something the Broads never was,…
Well what a year it’s been for us all and it seems to be getting worse! Who knows what 2021 will bring, along with a vaccine. Hopefully it will bring some sense and let the science finally conclude the way forward with the Hoveton issues. What I find so disappointing is this has developed into…
Much has been happening since my last post back in August on Water needs and balances. The Angling Trust has been in the media on this subject and have launched a campaign called anglers against pollution last week. https://anglingtrust.net/get-involved/anglers-against-pollution/ I raised this a couple of weeks back on the subject of how the Broadland Rivers…
BASG Chairman in his Angling Trust role, presenting a talk on Water Management, its needs and balances in priority our rivers and environment.
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…
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…