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Permit Issued by the Agency for the implementation of Fish Barriers

Hoveton GBBy Kelvin Allen 15th October 2021

Yesterdayy, the agency gave notice of their final public consultation using the Environmental Permitting Process. They couldn’t even get that right! https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/east-anglia-c-e/hoveton-great-broad-minded-to/ Whilst we and the Broads Angling community are staggered with the Agency’s recommendations. Their action has damaged an effective partnership that has been built over recent years and will destroy…

Hoveton Illegal Barriers Planning Submission

Hoveton GBBy Kelvin Allen 1st October 2021

Below is a copy of the letter I sent to the BA Planning Committee yesterday. It follows a further planning application from Natural England in an attempt to avoid enforcement action for the illegal installation of two pilled barriers on Hoveton Great Broad in Sept 2020. If you read the application you won;t find any…

Environmental Needs and Balances

Chairman-ChatterBy Kelvin Allen 18th September 2021

Lots going on in terms of the needs of the environment and the checks and balances needed to ensure we can all enjoy the benefits it brings. In terms of the Hoveton saga, after much discussion with both AT, Fish legal and the IFM, it seems that we wouldn’t have a case to place before…

Bloody Minded To

Chairman-Chatter, Hoveton GBBy Kelvin Allen 23rd August 2021

Well so much for the media, an article by Rachel Salvidge from the ENDS team on the future of the Natural England HGB project. See Article Last week we finally got to see the actual outcome from the EA management on the issue in a 322 page report. This now goes through another “minded to”…

Update on Hoveton Great Broad

Environment Group, Hoveton GB, Latest NewsBy Kelvin Allen 4th February 2020

Distributed to Subscribing Volunteers, Members & Directors Since our last update the BASG Board have met with both the Environment Agency and Natural England to discuss the impact of the proposed fish barrier. We are pleased to announce that our concerns have been taken seriously by both organisations and discussions are underway to protect the…

Hoveton Great Broad Impact on Northern Broads Bream Stock

Achievements, Hoveton GB, Latest NewsBy Kelvin Allen 9th December 2019

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 tourism honey pot of Wroxham probably reaching the limits on the balance between people and nature. However you don’t have to travel far to find the other…

Northern Broads Cormorant Volumes

Hoveton GB, Latest NewsBy Kelvin Allen 9th December 2019

What is the average winter consumption of cormorants across the Northern Broads and how why is it reliant annual bream recruitment from HGB? We have explained previously the overwhelming evidence and science supporting the role Hoveton Great Broad has in the annual spawning and migration of Bream across the wider Bure Catchment. One of the…

Hoveton Great Broad Update Nov 2019

Hoveton GB, Latest NewsBy Kelvin Allen 18th November 2019

You may or may not be aware of the major project being undertaking to restore Hoveton Great Broad within the Broads National Park. This is a scheme being managed by Natural England to restore the Broad to its former state to support many water plants, which have declined in recent decades. The scheme broadly follows…

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