Officials from the Angling Trust and the European Anglers’ Alliance met today with Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg at the European Commission in Brussels to discuss the review of the Common Fisheries Policy and to raise concerns about the proposed regulation of Europe’s 10 million recreational sea anglers.
Joe Borg said at the meeting, and in a [...]
Article 47 Nigel Farage Speaks Out Against Eu Commissionaire Jo Borg
Nigel Farage is the UKIP leader. In this video he tells how he has been a life long sea angler, and how he fears that our great sport is about to be ruined by the Eu Commissionaire Jo Boerg. Nigel tells of his fears that [...]
EFTTA and EAA lobbyist Jan Kappel has worked tirelessly on the following issues. Here he summarises the latest news concerning Article 47:
In November 2008 the European Commission published a draft for a new fisheries control regulation. The new regulation, which comprises 116 articles, proposes the inclusion of recreational fisheries for the very first time (Article [...]
For immediate release: 6th April 2009
LABOUR SAYS “NO WAY” TO SEA ANGLING CATCH QUOTAS
Following strong lobbying from the Angling Trust, sea angling groups, and Parliamentary angling spokesman Martin Salter MP, Labour’s Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has made clear the Government’s opposition to any attempt to use the EU Article 47 Directive to impose quota restrictions [...]
Article 47 – Conservatives meet with Borg
Charlotte Jenner
Parliamentary Researcher to
Richard Benyon MP
Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Wildlife
Member of Parliament for
Newbury
Tel: 0207 219 8344
Shadow Fisheries Minister raises Article 47 with EU Commissioner.
Shadow Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon, held a meeting with EU Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg. The meeting was hosted by Conservative Fisheries [...]
Monday, 23rd March 2009 – UKIP News Release
Britain’s recreational sea anglers will have to wait until next week before they find out if their sport is to remain free from regulation as a result of Brussels interference under Article 47 of the Common Fisheries Policy.
The EU Fisheries Committee, which was to meet today to vote [...]
The European Commission wants to curb the amount of fish that recreational anglers catch, with proposals for ‘big scale’ boats to record their catch.
Richard Westcott reports at :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7949893.stm
The EU Article 47 proposes to introduce a quota for the sea anglers of Europe. This would mean that UK anglers would be drawing from the same quota pool as commercial fishermen. When the quota runs out anglers must stop fishing. In comparison to the take of the UK fishing fleet, the catch rate of sea anglers is minuscule. To expect sea anglers to pack up fishing after the commercial fishermen have used up all their quota is an insult. Loss of angling related income will be the only outcome for the sea angling industry.
Letter from Stuart Mcpherson
Hi Everyone
Just a reminder about our next meeting and an update on Art 47:
The next meeting will be on Saturday 28th March at The Tiger Inn Lairgate Beverley commencing at 2.15pm. The North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee have agreed to give a presentation on current issues effecting the RSA sector and provide [...]
February 16 2009
EU denies “crazy” plan but leaves sea anglers wondering
The European Union would be “crazy” if it tried to control millions of hobby anglers and would not implement “such a ludicrous system” in its plans to update controls on the commercial fishing industry.
But this pledge by Joe Borg, the EU fisheries commissioner, has left [...]
