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The RecFishing Forum Newsletter

  • Meeting with Commissioner Vella
  • Spain: 300,000 anglers protest in Madrid 
  • EFTTEX 2016
  • Meet the Anglers: Austria
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European Anglers meet Commissioner Karmenu Vella to value the importance of recreational fishing

 
A delegation from the European Anglers Alliance (EAA) and from the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) met with Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries on the 29th of June. The meeting was aimed at discussing the importance of recreational fisheries in the EU and to strengthen the cooperation between the anglers’ representatives and the European Commission.
 

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Massive Anglers Protest in Madrid
300,000 protesters took the streets of Madrid to change "inflexible" implementation of Invasive Alien Species regulation

 
This legislation will see some non-native fish species highly sought by anglers (carp, black bass, pike, cat fish and more) to be eradicated from all Spanish waters. Any of these fish species caught has to be killed. Eradication programmes will be put in place, too. Two lakes have been poisoned already to kill all carps in them. 
Carps have been in Spanish waters for more than 1,000 years. As in many other European countries carp was introduced as a source for fresh food. The Spanish rigid legislation on non-native species and the even more rigid implementation of it, raises some important questions, which are relevant to other countries and EU legislation as well. For example: How far back in time shall we go to make a proper distinction between native vs. non-native species (the baseline)?

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EFTTA
Success for EFTTEX 2016: the annual European exhibition of fish tackle attracts over 1600 visitors this year

 
EFTTEX is the European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition, which took place this year in Amsterdam between the 16th and the 18th June. It is organised by EFTTA (the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association) since 1982.
This year, there were 208 exhibitors from 36 countries. 1600 visitors could discover more than 192 stands as well as a 20 meters long casting pool in the middle of the exhibition allows fly fishing companies to show their new products.

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EU Angling associations
Meet the anglers # 8 : ÖKF Fishlife, Austria

 
The Austrian agency for fishing and conservation, ÖKF FishLife, is the national NGO body for recreational angling in Austria. The members are about 100 national angling clubs and private persons who want to save nature, water bodies and to preserve fish.

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European Commission - DG ENVI
Lake Como contaminated with chemicals banned in 1970s

The results suggest glacial mealtwater as a source for renewed DDT contamination and show recent contamination of fish above safe levels.

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European Commission - DG ENVI
Mercury levels exceed safety standards for fish in six European freshwater and estuary sites

Mercury levels in bream (Abramis brama) collected from six European sampling sites from 2007 to 2013 exceeded the Water Framework Directive’s safety limit for fish in all but one site in 2012, a new study discovers.


European Parliament

MEPs Mark Demesmaeker (ECR) , Karin Kadenbach (S&D) , Catherine Bearder (ALDE) , Lynn Boylan (GUE/NGL) , Margrete Auken (Verts/ALE) , Marco Affronte (EFDD) asked the Commission to safeguard and halt biodiversity loss.

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