The two associations call for changes to the management measures with regard to the bag-limit, the closed season and the Minimum Conservation Reference size (MCRS):
- a change in the bag-limit from the present 2 in 9 months to 3 in 8 months (both for northern and southern bass). A change to three fish for eight months, would have an impact equal to two fish for nine months
- one-and-the-same closed season for recreational fisheries in both southern and northern waters
- one-and-the-same closed season for commercial fisheries in both southern and northern waters
- a harmonised MCRS 42cm for all EU waters in order to help protect juveniles.
