2021 Bass regulations update

It has been announced that the 2020 rules for recreational bass fishing have been rolled over for 2021 for both recreational and commercial fishing. The following statement is from the Gov.UK website.

The current Bass Measures 2020 as per Article 10 of Council Regulation (EU) will carry over on 1 January 2021. Landings limits in 2021 will provisionally stay the same until further notice into the new year, once annual negotiations for 2021 have been completed, and any implementation steps to be taken at UK level to take any changes into account have taken place. Current bass authorisations continue to be valid, please continue to refer to the Bass Fishing Guidance 2020.

Eastern IFCA have produced a summary of the regulations for 2020 as they apply to our district, please find this page here.

To read the full information about the bass fishing regulations on the MMO website please click here.

If you have any questions regarding the bass regulations for 2021 please do not hesitate to contact us.