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The Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment Forum has been established to help MEPs understand what can be complex issues affecting 25 million EU angling constituents.
 
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The RecFishing Forum Newsletter
Hydropower
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The ‘Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment’ will organise an event on hydropower and in particular on the effects of small dams on the EU river's ecosystems.

The event will take place in the European Parliament from 18:00 to 20:00 in room ASP 3H1 and will be chaired by MEP Ulrike Rodust.

You will soon be receiving an invitation to this event.
Hydropower
Is Hydropower Electricity ‘Green’?

 
 

Hydropower is a source of renewable energy. However, the question of whether it might be a ’green’ energy is a cause for controversy. Indeed, hydropower stations often have severe impact on the rivers and on the life in them. They reduce the rivers’ water flow and oxygen levels and cause water warming, which eventually make the rivers inhabitable for some native fish species. Hydropower stations often block the fish migration to their spawning areas and prevent them to complete their life cycle. Also, many fish are damaged or killed in the plants’ turbines.
 
Sea bass
The European Parliament soon to be involved with a sea bass long term management plan


 
 

European anglers welcome the emergency measures for 2015 and will continue campaigning to secure sustainable sea bass fisheries in Europe.
During 2015 four “sets” of sea bass emergency measures came into force for the ‘northern bass’ waters (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, English Channel, and southern North Sea).
January: A short term ban on pelagic trawling (until 30 April)
March: A recreational fishing bass bag limit – three bass per person per day (until the end of 2015)
June: Commercial fishing catch limits (until the end of 2015)
- monthly catch limits, and
- a closed area around Ireland
July: with effect from 1 September: The minimum conservation reference size up from 36 to 42 cm (evaluation of this measure in 2017 at the latest).
 
EU Angling associations
Meet the anglers #4 : Fédération Nationale des Pêcheurs Plaisanciers et Sportifs de France (FNPPSF)


 
 

The FNPPSF (Fédération Nationale des Pêcheurs Plaisanciers et Sportifs de France) is the French sea anglers' organisation, a member of the European Anglers Alliance (EAA). The organisation gathers about 300 associations and 30,000 members and is actively involved in the protection of the sea. It carries out activities related to the free access to the sea, fauna and flora protection, greater security and better management of marine resources. It has distributed over one million copies of its handbook in order to encourage safe and responsible behaviours and the respect of good practices. The organisation is also involved in litter cleaning activities of seaside and underwater.   
 
EU RecFishing News

New report compares the economics of angling and commercial fishing 

A report aimed at helping the seafood industry and policy makers to evaluate and compare the economic importance of sea angling and commercial fishing has been published, with the hope that it will provide a blueprint for future comparisons of the sectors which has previously been a thorny issue on both sides.
Access the report

DG ENVI briefing: Fragmentation of brown trout habitat threatens freshwater pearl mussels in Sweden

The fragmentation of brown trout habitat indirectly affects the threatened freshwater pearl mussel, a new study has shown. Dams and weirs, also have a knock-on effect on the mussels, because they rely on brown trout during the larval stage of their lives. 
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The importance of the recreational craft sector 

The recreational craft sector refers to boats with a hull length of 2.5m to 24m that are intended for leisure or sport use. It includes the internal market legislation these products must comply with. Recreational craft are high-value and very mobile products, intended mainly for end users. They have a long life-cycle, which means they are on the market for a long time. 
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