Statutory guidance

Bass industry guidance 2025

Information on the rules, regulations and restrictions for bass fishing from 1 January 2025,

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 retained and amended the Bass Measures 2020 as per Article 10 of 

This means that annual landings limits for permitted gear types will be set by the fishing vessel licence rather than a statutory instrument.

The bass control measures  implement measures designed to manage fishing effort to help protect and improve bass stocks.

Bass limits for 2025

Bass authorisations letters have been re-issued effective as of 16 December 2024.

Updates to this page

Published 27 December 2024
Last updated 2 June 2025 show all updates
  1. Update 2.3

  2. First published.

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