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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »
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The government has insisted it will not ban cod fishing to tackle the decline in stocks, warning it would mark the end of the UK’s fishing industry. It was responding to a new report in American journal Science, which today warns that without radical action, there will be no wild fish or seafood left by… Read more »
The European Union would be “incomplete” without Turkey and western Balkan countries such as Croatia and Macedonia, Geoff Hoon said last night. The minister for Europe said the EU currently faced a choice – whether to evolve and become “more relevant and more effective”, or “lock the doors” against change. Mr Hoon said politicians should… Read more »
