The results of an EU-funded report on the recreational fishing industry and its impact on fish will be revealed next month. Representatives of EFTTA will be on hand to hear the presentation on ‘Recreational and Semi-subsistance Fishing – its value and impact on fish’. The report, which was sponsored to the tune of €20,000 by […]
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) will be the topic for discussion at the next meeting of the EFTTA and European Anglers Alliance (EAA) lobby group in Brussels next month. The RecFishing Forum takes place on Monday, October 9 and will be attended by four members of EFTTA, CEO, Jean Claude-Bel, Public Affairs Officer, Jan Kappel, Environmental […]
Angling trade show EFTTEX 2019 will take place in Brussels. After an absence of five years EFTTEX 2019 will return to Brussels, the 3rd time in its history. The decision was taken at a recent EFTTA Board meeting. The Belgian city has been chosen to host the 38th edition of the European Fishing Tackle Trade […]
On the 22nd March 2017 – the day celebrated at the global level as “World Water Day” – an event took place at the European Parliament entitled “The Water Framework Directive* – Lifeline for European Waters” organised by the Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment. The event was chaired by four Members of the […]
EFTTA and the European Anglers Alliance (EAA) are joining forces with several non-government organisations (NGO’s) to raise awareness about the importance of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) at its next RecFishing Forum meeting. The WFD was adopted seventeen years ago with the aim of protecting European waters and ensuring that they achieve ‘good status’ by […]
Some recent EU fisheries management decisions stressed the need for more and better data on the impact and value of recreational fisheries in Europe. A seminar organised in the European Parliament by the Recreational Fisheries Forum brought examples and solutions to fill this gap. The focus at this seminar called “Sustainable fisheries management and recreational […]
The European Parliament has ordered an eagerly-awaited study on recreational sea fisheries. The survey, which has been called for by both the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) and the European Anglers Alliance (EAA) for more than a decade, will give law-makers in Brussels previously unresearched information on the scale and economic value of the […]
The European Parliament has ordered a study on recreational sea fisheries. The contract is worth 120,000 EUR and the deadline for bids is on 8 November. The winner of the contract will be announced in December. Then the winner has 14 months to deliver the study entitled “Recreational and semi-subsistence fishing – its value and […]
An EAA and EFTTA seabass campaign film (4 min 40 sec). Shown in public for the first time 11 October at an event in European Parliament, Brussels.
The importance of angling and its benefit to tourism and the local economy will be the subject of a talk delivered by representatives of EFTTA and the European Anglers Alliance (EAA) when they visit Romania next month. A delegation has been invited to the east European country by Romanian MEP Norica Nicolai (below) to a […]
