On the 10th of January 2019, the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries voted on MEP Clara Aguilera Garcia’s report on the Commission’s proposal for a multi-annual plan for the fisheries exploiting demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea. The EAA and the EFTTA are very disappointed with many of the adopted amendments to the Commission’s proposed text, in particular those discriminating against recreational fishing.
Paul Bourke returns to the blog to pen an appreciation of Peter O’Reilly who passed away at the end of last week…
“A Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) without input from recreational fisheries is like having a Member State in the EU with no voting rights,” a top level conference has been told. David Vertegaal, a Dutch member of the European Anglers Alliance (EAA), made the comment at the conference into the state of play of recreational fisheries […]
A discussion on the eagerly awaited report into the ‘state of play of recreational fisheries in the EU’ will be the major topic of interest at the next meeting of the EFTTA and European Anglers Alliance (EAA) backed RecFish Forum. MEP Norica Nicolai has presented a report to the European Parliament on the subject and […]
A new fly fishing tournament benefiting the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is coming to Athens the first weekend of December – just in time to kick off the beginning of rainbow trout stocking season in the state. The “Select a Fly Challenge” fly fishing tournament will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, […]
As part of the Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) Research Seminar Series, Dr Kyle Young, a Research Associate from the University of Zurich, was recently invited to Ireland to give a presentation on his novel approach to enhance wild Atlantic salmon production in river systems. This concept proposes the translocation of wild fry from abundant to […]
It was a full house when Inland Fisheries Ireland, in collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast, on October 17th presented the findings of a three-year research study into the genetic make-up of Ireland’s brown trout and sea trout populations at a one-day conference at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Entitled ‘Understanding Brown Trout – […]
The weather was much better than expected (just one shower in the morning and not too much wind) when on Saturday the 21st of October the Dutch Championship in Fly-fishing for Trout was fished at Tavern ‘t Mun in Appeltern. Text and pictures by Rudy van Duijnhoven Nine teams that represented different trout fisheries in […]
Inland Fisheries Ireland confirms that 65 farmed salmon have been caught in five rivers in counties Galway and Mayo; agency calls for compliance and enforcement. The affected rivers are the Delphi, Erriff, Kylemore/Dawros, Newport and Bunowen. Inland Fisheries Ireland has been monitoring the situation since August stocks. Concerns regarding salmon farm management and oversight have […]
Balance conservation with recreational activities which engages people in the stewardship of the marine environment – that was one key message given at a conference where experts discussed what role anglers can play in the sustainable management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the benefits that allowing their activities in these zones can provide. […]