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Sept update from Kelvin
September Update from Kelvin Not such good news in the past few weeks, with many of the Broads issues previously highlighted coming to a head. Our attempt to fund a new approach in Broads Environment management under the “Broads Guardian” banner didn’t gain initial approval, but even if it had received a positive response, our…
My views on Broads Environment Management
Since we ran the stakeholder meeting to engage all Broads stakeholders on the emerging risks to the Broads Environment following the Environment Agency saying they couldn’t provide the resources to manage the Broads Environment. To publicly now hear the area director state, they can’t resource either proactively or re-actively respond to incidents as government budget…
New Season new Start
Well, after a week’s fishing in Holland in early June the river season has started here at home and judging the Broads results from both Andy’s and Tony’s matches the Broads again is delivering the goods for both the competitive and pleasure angler. Right is Simon Smith at Cold Harbour in the Broads Pairs Festival…
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…
Anglers Rights and Access
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…
.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…