Bass regs, 2023

[Brian]

[Jim]

And inside the nursery is a no take at any time?

Or is that "Not to target"

Plenty of people fish for them from the shore and don't care about size limits.

 

 

[Death Trap II]

1 hour ago, Jim said:

And inside the nursery is a no take at any time?

Or is that "Not to target"

Plenty of people fish for them from the shore and don't care about size limits.

 

 

rules are vaguely phrased.

 

however, someone on here posted a clarification a while ago. 

 

I think the result was that you can take a legal size bass from the shore in a nursery area (i.e. not from a vessel), but you arent even allowed to target bass in a nursery area from a vessel.

 

some methods of targeting bass are completely banned in the nursery (live sandeels), even from the shore.

[Maverick Martin]

8 hours ago, Jim said:

And inside the nursery is a no take at any time?

Or is that "Not to target"

Plenty of people fish for them from the shore and don't care about size limits.

 

 

 

 

Not quite Jim

 

Bass Nursery Areas

There are restrictions on fishing for bass in nursery areas at certain times of year, which apply to both commercial and recreational fishers. 

The Bass (Specified Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Variation) Order 1999 sets out the following prohibition for fishing in Bass Nursery Areas:

"Fishing for bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), or fishing for any species of sea-fish using sand-eels (Ammodytidae) as bait, by any fishing boat within any part of the areas described in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is prohibited during the period specified in relation to each area in column 2 thereof."

Within the Southern IFC District, the areas and specified periods for which the prohibition applies are as follows:

Chichester Harbour Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
Langstone Harbour Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
Portsmouth Harbour Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
Southampton Water Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
Fawley Power Station Prohibition applies all year
Poole Harbour Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
The Fleet Prohibition applies all year