BASC pledges to work constructively with new Scottish Government
BASC has pledged to work with the newly-elected Scottish Government to ensure shooting’s interests continue to be fully represented in Holyrood.
Scottish General Licences remain unchanged until April 2020
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has confirmed that the expected changes to three general licences in Scotland will now not be made until 1 April 2020. The original proposed date for the changes to be implemented was 1 January 2020. This means that general licence users will be able to continue for an additional three months and avoids the potential of short notice changes to the terms of these licences.
“SNH are to be applauded for taking time to analyse the 700 responses to their consultation as well as fully consider the detailed results from the recent BASC survey that included more than 1,000 individual responses”, said Dr Colin Shedden, BASC Director Scotland.
“While it is clear that there will be some changes to the conditions of these licences, including changes to the species listings, it is sensible not to rush these decisions. With the new date being in the middle of the lambing and bird breeding season, clear and timely communication by SNH is imperative.
“BASC Scotland looks forward to further discussions with SNH in the New Year on the detail of proposed changes and how bes
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BASC steps in to publish 2014 general licences for Wales
The 2014 general licences for Wales, which give legal authority for the control of pest bird species such as pigeons and crows, have been published by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) after technical problems delayed their publication by Natural Resources Wales.
BASC meets with NI Agriculture Minister on general licences
BASC has met with Edwin Poots, DAERA Minister, to raise members’ concerns over the future of general licences in Northern Ireland.
