BASC Central
BASC responds to English CAP consultation
BASC’s response to a Defra consultation has put shooting and conservation on the agenda in discussions about how the subsidies for the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) will be spent in England.
BASC South East
BASC sponsor The Leconfield Working Spaniel Clubs Novice Field Trial
The Leconfield working spaniel club recently held their 5th field trial meeting at the Norfolk Estate, Arundel, West Sussex on the 11th November 2013. The event, which was attended by both Justin Clarke and Dan Reynolds from the South East region, saw 18 mainly English springer spaniels do battle in Read more…
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BASC proposes ten-year certificates
Shotgun and firearm certificates should be valid for ten years, rather than the current five, in order to improve enforcement, boost public safety and cut the administrative burden and cost for police forces, according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
BASC Wales
BASC responds to Welsh CAP consultation
A Welsh Government consultation has taken place on CAP implementation in Wales and BASC’s response’s to the consultation was submitted on 26th November.
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Get your gundog ready for Crufts 2014
The deadline is approaching for entry into the BASC gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2014. Owners of working gundogs need to register by the 6th January 2014.
BASC Central
Decision made on English marine conservation zones
Following several years of discussions and consultation 27 English marine conservation zones (MCZ) were designated on 21st November. Following representation from BASC ‘reference areas’ which could have banned wildfowling within were dropped from proposals for MCZs in England.
BASC Wales
Greenland white-fronted geese return to Wales
Greenland white-fronted geese have arrived back at the Dyfi estuary, their main wintering ground in Wales. Local wildfowlers first spotted the geese on the estuary on the 25th October. Since the 1970s wildfowling clubs on the estuary have been protecting the geese with an effective voluntary moratorium on shooting.
BASC Central
Will CAP benefit shooting and conservation?
BASC will help put shooting and conservation on the agenda in discussions on how the subsidies for the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) will be spent across the UK. The implementation of CAP could provide direct financial support for shooting as an activity as well as indirectly through financing the creation of habitats.
BASC Central
Shooting protects threatened habitats
BASC has corrected references which described shooting as a high threat to UK forests in a major report to the European Commission. The intention was to describe deer grazing, browsing and trampling as a significant problem, not shooting. BASC’s amendments were adopted and the UK report has been revised, submitted and published.
