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01 Jun 2015 Recreational Anglers Gain a New Voice in Brussels to Tackle Invasive Species 0 3234 The European Commission has appointed the Angling Trust’s Mark Owen to its new Invasive Alien Species Working Group, to represent the interests of anglers throughout Europe via the European Anglers’ A...

06 May 2015 Cormorant in rivers and fjords - the need for new initiatives 0 3184 By Danmarks Sportsfiskerforbund (member of EAA)

28 Apr 2015 EAA and DAFV send letter for consultation on the draft EU guidance Document on Hydropower Development and Natura 2000 0 3219 The European Commission is drafting an EU-Guidance Document on Hydropower Development and Natura 2000. EAA and her member Deutscher Angelfischereiverband E.v. (DAFV) take the opportunity to point out ...

17 Apr 2015 Anglers support strong but fair measures to protect European Sea Bass 0 2942 On the 14th of April 2015, the European Parliament Forum for Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment, created on the initiative of the European Anglers Alliance (EAA) and the European Fishing T...

27 Mar 2015 RecFishing Forum launched in the European Parliament to strengthen the voice of 25 million EU anglers in Brussels 0 3157 On the 25th of March, the Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment was launched in the European Parliament. The launch event, entitled “Why do we need to talk about Recreational Fisheri...

17 Dec 2014 Discard ban (landing obligation) 0 3490 From yesterday's Council Agriculture and Fisheries meeting.

17 Dec 2014 Proposal for sea bass measures not adopted (Netherlands) 0 5476 Yesterday, the EU Council of Ministers decided on TACs and quotas for 2015. The Commission’s proposed regulation for TAC and quota 2015 also included proposals to limit commercial and recreational fis...

17 Dec 2014 Angling Trust slams EU bass shambles as 'Anything but a fair deal' 0 5149 Following the government’s failure at this week’s European Fisheries Council meeting to secure an agreement on threatened bass stocks, the Angling Trust has stepped up its campaign for urgent unilater...

17 Dec 2014 Sea bass - The Council made no decision at this meeting 0 3244 UK Government did a press release about sea bass level.

16 Dec 2014 Sea bass (video) 0 3097 Tonight, at at 21.20 we will be told if the proposed bag limit of one bass per person per fishing day in 2015 has been adopted, and/or if something else shall happen.

16 Dec 2014 Hydropower – The rivers need your help 0 8392 The coming years will be crucial for our rivers. The Water Framework Directive is up for revision. The hydropower industry asks lobby donations to “re-activate up to 350,000 former hydro plants and .....

15 Dec 2014 Recreational fisheries scientific papers - dramatic increase 0 3198 While the numbers of anglers in general seem pretty stable over the years - with a fall in some countries and maybe on the increase in others - scientists' interest in our sector... is certainly on th...

12 Dec 2014 Maria Damanaki Global Managing Director, Oceans 0 2671 The until very recently European Union Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ms Maria Damanaki is now the Global Managing Director for Oceans at The Nature Conservancy.

11 Dec 2014 Sea bass debate Dutch parliament 0 3782 Yesterday, a sea bass debate took place in the Dutch parliament. Ms Sharon Dijksma, State Secretary for Economic Affairs told some about what she will push at the fisheries Council meeting Monday-Tues...

11 Dec 2014 European Elasmobranch Association Annual Scientific Conference 2014 0 2405 The European Elasmobranch Association Annual Scientific Conference 2014 was held in Netherlands 7-9 November; Sharks International Symposium 2014.

11 Dec 2014 Valuation of Extent, Causes and Cost of European Fish Farm Escape (video) 0 2599 A research team at the Marine Institute, Ireland, has looked into the extent, size and knowledge of the causes of escapes from marine fin fish farms in Europe over a three year period.

08 Dec 2014 Has the tide turned in support of recreational sea angling? 0 4265 Today, sea bass news release by Angling Trust - EAA member: "Has the Tide Turned in Support of Recreational Sea Angling?"

04 Dec 2014 Yesterday - Discards vote in the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries 0 2685 The committee voted on amendments to a piece of legislation with interim measures needed now until a new Technical measures regulation has been developed and adopted over coming months.

04 Dec 2014 Sea bass debate House of Commons, UK 0 5107 Yesterday, a sea bass debate took place in House of Commons, UK. Former fisheries ministers and the present minister were among the speakers. Good to see politicians having good knowledge about the s...

02 Dec 2014 New sea bass study published 0 5082 A new report commissioned by BLUE suggests fish should only be caught with hooks.

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