BASC Central
Bracken control – asulam approval dates for 2014
The Bracken Control Group has secured an exemption from EU regulations to allow asulam to be sold and used in the UK in 2014.
BASC Central
BASC calls for conservation focus on plastic bag charges
BASC has submitted evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on plastic bag charges.
BASC Scotland
BASC calls for conservation focus on Scottish plastic bag charges
BASC has responded to a consultation on draft regulations for a plastic bags charging scheme in Scotland.
BASC Scotland
Scottish general licences should not be changed until 2015
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is proposing to make changes to the Scottish general licenses that would take effect from 1st January 2014. BASC recommends that no changes be made until 2015 due to the lateness of the consultation and the poorly developed proposals therein. The consultation closes on 18th November and a decision may not be announced until 15th December.
BASC Central
Greenland white-fronted goose census published
The latest census data for the Greenland white-fronted goose has been published, based on counts made by wildfowlers and other birdwatchers at its wintering sites in Ireland and Britain. Birds were found at two sites in Wales.
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 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.
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.
