On Thursday the 27th Oct, BASG met with Natural England to discuss progress with the HGB project. These meetings have been occurring monthly since the formal closure of the joint Angling Trust & BASG legal challenge in January 2022. This year has exposed the frailty that the Broads are facing with climate change and the…
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…
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”…
Some of the latest progress with the ongoing saga unfolding in the Broads. NE’s controversial biomanipulation project includes the erection of barriers in the broads to prevent access for bream. It does not include dealing with the sources and causes of pollution including sewage and agriculture. NE received planning permission for the scheme in 2016…
Reporter Conor McGlone gives a view on the developments at Hoveton Great Broad. The Environment Agency (EA) is taking enforcement action against Natural England (NE) for erecting two fish barriers without permits in the Norfolk Broads. In an email seen by ENDS, the EA said that the wildlife regulator had installed the passes at Hudson’s…
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
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…
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…
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…
Distributed to Subscribing Volunteers, Members & Directors Hoveton Great Broad Restoration Version Final To Broads Stakeholders 18th Nov 2019 Dear Colleagues 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…