EFTTA ’s man in Brussels has welcomed the bass bag limits imposed on recreational fisherman for 2020. Following a two-day EU Council Fisheries meeting, it was decided that anglers and spearfishers in the northern region will be allowed to keep two fish a day during an extended nine month season, an increase of one bass […]
EFTTA has appointed a globe-trotting angling journalist, Olivier Portrat, as its new CEO. He replaces Jean-Claude Bel, who retired at the end of October following more than a decade in the role. Portrat held management roles with a number of companies in France before giving up the corporate lifestyle in 1992 to make […]
The European Anglers Alliance celebrated its 25th anniversary in Bled, Slovenia. The event ran during three days, from 4-7 September 2019. It was a special occasion for the entire profession. European anglers gathered to celebrate, took part in the General Assembly and joined Fred Bloot, the current EAA President in making Jean-Claude Bel (CEO of […]
Jean-Claude Bel, CEO of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) for the past eleven years, is to retire on October 1st this year. Brussels in June will be his last EFTTEX. EFTTA President Robin Morley confirmed the situation following the association’s Board meeting last week. “It was an emotional occasion,” said Morley, Managing Director […]
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.
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 […]
European Ministers back one bag bass limit for anglers The European Council of Ministers has this morning backed the reinstatement of the one bag bass limit for anglers. As expected, it has ratified a proposal by the European Commission which supported a move to allow bass anglers in the region to keep one fish from […]
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 37th edition of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition, EFTTEX, is returning to the Dutch capital of Amsterdam for its 2018 showcase on the 28th, 29th and 30th of June. Read the full article on the Tackle Trade World website here. Websites: www.eftta.com and www.efttex.com.
