Angling – which is worth €2 billion to the European economy each year – could play a major part in helping the continent’s tourism sector get back on its feet after the Covid-19 pandemic. With angler numbers growing in almost every European country during various lockdowns alongside its huge socio-economic value, the sport has a […]
Ambitious goals have been set to support Ireland’s €836 million recreational fishing industry. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has launched a new Corporate Plan 2016-2020 which sets out work that needs to be carried out to protect, promote and develop Ireland’s fisheries resource over the next five years. Among these aims is the growth of angling, […]
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 […]
