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Spring has sprung £10b into our Water
It’s again been a busy month focussed on our strategic issues facing the Broads and Wensum. The national focus on our Water. May saw our rivers finally getting the £10b support they need from government, but this is only the start of the journey, as fixing this will take decades after 20 years of under…
Moving the Strategic Agenda forwards
April saw our focus move more into a strategic direction, with our approach to improving environmental outcomes in the Broads moving forward and traction on raising spotlight on salinity and maintaining the Broads freshwater ecology becoming a national and international issue. On the National and International stage. Duncan and I went to the joint IFM/EA…
BASG makes National Conference Agenda
I trust you managed to get some end of season action in, despite the weather. BASG on the National Stage Our move to focus on the strategic challenges facing the Broads, took a step forward in recent weeks. The follow up actions with the Environment Agency has led to a wide reaching agreement with the…
BASG Strategy Development
Open letter to all Broads Anglers. Following a period of reflection for our members during February, we have concluded the discussions and six of our members have decided to step down from BASG membership. Andy Hindes has struggled with his own business commitments and has agreed to step down as a Director. Both Andy and…
BASG Change in Direction
Open letter to all Broads Anglers. Since it’s formation back in 2000, BASG has provided a supporting framework for anglers who fish the Broads, with 5 figure investments of public money providing support and facilities for all anglers to enjoy, what is the UK’s largest inland fishery. Back in 2018 BASG realised that set against…
.Time for Reflection
It’s been a momentous year for us all, with weather ranging from -13 to +40 and more saline than nature could deal with in the late summer. We have seen massive changes in direction from Natural England and the Hoveton Great Broad project, which has finally seen sense. EA Engagement We end the year with…
Momentum carried forward
Following the momentous events in September reported last month, we continue good progress on a number of fronts, opening up new channels and thinking. EA Fisheries Engagement We have recently met with the new Norwich EA fisheries team and were quite blown away with their thinking and plans for delivery in the coming year, whilst…
Barriers, Fisheries Outcomes and all things Saline
Well it’s been quite a week recently, set against the turmoil in government circles. We had meetings with Natural England and the Environment Agency discussing its Broads fisheries management or lack of it and an update on all things Hoveton. Hoveton Restoration Lets start with Hoveton and the plan to isolate it with Fish Barriers…
That was some September.
Well I’ve discussed climate change for far too many times on this blog, but events of recent weeks just show’s how delicate our environment is. We moved from raging temperatures to being immersed in sea water in a matter of weeks, how will our beloved Broads cope with such climatic challenges. Saline Incursions Who is…
Phew that was some heat
Climate Change Well I’ve been banging on about climate change for many months on this blog and these past few weeks has finally brought the message home to us all. We have seen flows in our rivers some of the lowest, with many fish in distress and many of the tributaries even dry. This is…