A concrete case for the Biodiversity Strategy. How should the Danube river system contribute to the fish migration restoration ambitions? MEP Michal Wiezik asked a written question to the European Commission on the Danube river system’s contribution to the EU Biodiversity Strategy’s restoration targets, which foresees an objective of restoring 25,000 km into free-flowing rivers. Fish migration in the Danube is hindered […]
The body that represents anglers across Europe has joined the call to halt hydropower projects that are currently planned on a unique network of glacial wild rivers in East Tyrol, Austria. The European Anglers Association (EAA) and 41 other organisations have signed a manifesto calling for the establishment of a new nature reserve and […]
The body that represents anglers across Europe is battling a bid to ban angling in a network of core breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species that stretches across all 27 EU countries. The European Commission is proposing a general ban on recreational fishing in Natura 2000 sites as part of its forthcoming […]
While the European Union is working on a strategy for the recovery of the EU tourism sector, the European Parliament Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment held a Webinar to discuss the contribution of the recreational fisheries sector to the green recovery after the COVID-19 crisis. Angling is a very selective type of fishing, […]
Recreational angling is a leisure activity that allows people to be in contact with nature, friends and family. This popular hobby gives people the opportunity to relax and to spend quality time with relatives while enjoying the surrounding environment. Many passionate anglers travel to remote destinations or foreign countries to enjoy pristine nature or […]
It’s decision time this week on how many bass anglers across Europe will be able to keep in 2019. The European Council of Ministers and the European Commission will be discussing its strategy for the species at a meeting scheduled to take place on 17th and 18th December. And the region’s top representative body for recreational fishing have called on a three fish bag limit in northern waters.
Europe’s top representative bodies for recreational fishing have published a position paper on sea bass for 2019, which includes a call for a three-fish bag limit in northern waters. EFTTA and the European Anglers Alliance (EAA) are also appealing to the European Council of Ministers and the European Commission for a restoration of the right […]
Anglers in Europe have won what has been described as a ‘massive victory’ with the news that the European Commission has recommended the reinstatement of the one bass bag limit for fishermen from October 1. The ruling – expected to be ratified by the European Council of Ministers – is a victory for the efforts […]
Anglers in Europe have won what has been described as a ‘massive victory’ with the news that the European Commission has recommended the reinstatement of the one bass bag limit for fishermen from October 1. The ruling – expected to be ratified by the European Council of Ministers – is a victory for the efforts […]
The European Anglers Alliance (EAA) – supported by EFTTA – has filed a court action against the European Union over its restrictions on bass fishing. EFTTA is sharing the court costs with the EAA in the action that has been filed in the European Court of Justice that maintains the EU’s Sea Bass Total Ban […]