I often holiday in Guernsey with my family and angling plays a major part of our decision to choose Guernsey. I will not be returning until the Guernsey Authorities introduce some form of protection for breeding Bass. A closed season from 1st January to 31st March is the obvious solution.
bass should not only be protected in this area, but should be targeted across the whole of the british isles, hopefully if this petition is succesful it can be used as a cornerstone to set up other sites. keep up the work
Next Winter, why not send a few of your top anglers over to fish for cod in the Southern North Sea...5 years ago, it was ok, 10 years ago it was good but 20 years ago, the fishing here was superb...Nowadays, they would probably not catch any cod. Your bass stocks are special today but it's up to you what the future holds...don't throw it away.
Everyone involved in fishing from the leisure angler to the EU have to take a responsible approach to our fisheries, otherwise we will simply lose them. Unfortunately words are useless without actions. Lets hope this petition will have some effect.
In holland fishermen hooverd up vast amounts of cockle, it was a larger more tasty variety than the UK type.They got so greedy there are no longer any left and have to rely on supplies from the Thames esuary "be warned dont let this happen to the Bass
Have a closed season. It's not difficult - firm and unfaltering action NOW gives these noble fish a fighting chance of continuing to be around in Channel Islands waters.
Glad to sign. The UK waters have been systematically ravaged for years. And now the Spanish are being put in charge of policing the EU waters. My advice, take good pictures of your fish now, because when your grand kids ask "what is a bass", it will be the only way you will be able to show them!
Thought I would sign this for my friend Ted, he is a harden fisherman who struggles to catch anything. If the fish goes he will be sad cos he will struggle even more to catch anything
What a surprise.... the Government allow thhe pursuit of money to outweigh conservation issues and basic morality. I hope that the tourist board also get to see this petition.
As I live in Jersey I have never witnessed the massacre. Nevertheless, I am keen to support any further protection measures that will protect our future angling prospects. Not only that, but surely the commercial guys who, understandably, have to make a living from the sea, can appreciate that a ban would be very beneficial for them too. A shoal of fish that size does not disappear overnight, but it will if this carneage continues.
i live in jersey ,and when the summer comes round ,and the water heats up.the bass come down from the other islands ,it will be a sad day when no bass apear on our shores,(not forgeting the other species). so SAVE THE BASS.FISH ARE FRIENDS NOT FOOD.
Fishing is my principle holiday recreation. If there's no fish in Guernsey, I'll go spend my holiday pounds somewhere there are fish to be caught. It's as simple as that. If the authorities allow the Bass to be decimated, they won't see us holiday anglers spending our money there.
The decision to fish seems purely based on short term financial gain with no thought to sustainable fish stocks or to others who gain such enjoyment by fishing for low numbers of fish for their personal consumption. Deliberately targetting
breeding stock and juveniles by pair trawling (probably with fish finding sonar to make it even easier to decimate populations) is just outrageous and must be stopped
Now we're retired my wife and I had planned to revisit old haunts. This included returning to the Channel Islands to fish for both bass and mullet. We now won't be doing so.
They obviously know where the spawning grounds are so they should stay away from them for a couple of seasons at least, double or treble the number of bass in the sea is a good start to the ever decreasing stocks. It is definatly a short sighted greed induced thought path that the people RESPONSIBLE for the demise of these fish are taking
Has nothing been learned from the Cod crisis? Those who rape our planet of its resources in the name of profit and greed must ultimately be made to answer for their actions. In the meantime, they must be stopped before the damage that they have done becomes irreparable.
This exploitation must be stopped and only the government can act. I regularly visit Guernsey/Sark for the weekend - if there are no fish then there is less reason for me to visit.
NO to this short sighted view of wild stocks management.
NO to picking-up juveniles on spawning grounds by trawling and pair trawling.
YES to a sustainable fisheries management
YES to a better recognition of recreational angling
I'm a Spearo in guernsey and the bass population has notisably decreased ( I get to see it under the water ) Last year they fished a very very VERY large spawning mass off of guernsey sucking up the lot into there fat greedy nets, and after they had finished I did not see another bass for the rest of the year ( how bad is THAT ! ), this proves the obvious destruction that is taking place, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LEAVE THE BASS ALONE !
Regard to future stocks must be paid. Indiscriminate wiping out of viable breeding pools leads to a negative impact and could only harm the island's reputation and its tourism industry
