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For Immediate Release – 29 August 2021

Get Your Voice Heard!


The EU Commission is currently consulting on fishing catch limits (“fishing opportunities”) for 2022, including for sea bass. It is vitally important that sea anglers reply to the consultation and get their voices heard.  (If you want to know why the EU still matters for sea bass post-Brexit, please read the SOSB blog here: https://www.saveourseabass.org/eu-consultation-on-fishing-opportunities-for-2022/).

SOSB's ask for the bass fishery in 2022 is:
  1. increase the sea angling season to 10 months (1 March to 31 December) to match the commercial open season;
     
  2. increase the bag limit to 3 bass per person per day; and
     
  3. target the scientists' lower level of removals of 1,859 tonnes, not 2,216 tonnes, so the stock will grow in 2022, not shrink.

To find out more about what SOSB wants for the bass fishery and why, please read our blog here: https://www.saveourseabass.org/sea-bass-catch-limits-for-2022/

Here is the link to take you straight to the EU consultation:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12937-Towards-more-sustainable-fishing-in-the-EU-state-of-play-and-orientations-for-2022_en

NB:

Closing date is Tuesday 31 August (so hurry!)

Unfortunately, the EU consultation system has changed from simply sending an email - to using an online system that requires you to register, so it takes longer to respond this year.
 
In case you need any help with the process once you are on the consultation webpage:
  • click on the “Give Feedback” button.
  • click on the “Register” button
  • fill out the “Create an account” form and submit it
  • go to your inbox and click on the authentication email from the EU Commission.
  • go back to the consultation webpage
  • click on the “Give Feedback” button
  • log in
  • write your response
  • select to give your feedback as a “non-EU citizen”
  • select your country as “United Kingdom”
  • select if you want your name to be published with your response
  • tick the “personal data protection provisions” box
  • Press “Submit”
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