Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘eu article 47’

An interesting one sent in by a friend. Entitled the death of sea angling. This video about eu article 47 includes foul language. Please do not click on it if you disapprove of such use of language.

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 – 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

“A Justification for managing angling or not managing it”
Something for the Politicians to look at!
A lot appears to have been happening over the last couple of weeks with positive news from Europe or is it? Is it safe to trust a politician? I doubt it
Angling Trust News Release
The European Union would be “crazy” if it [...]

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 [...]

Article 47 Is the tide now turning or are the sharks still lurking in the waters.
This is of course the big question, the tide would appear to be turning for some of us maybe!
Dear Mr Radcliffe
Re: Article 47 of proposal for reform of Community Control System
Thank you for your recent letter regarding the proposal for [...]

The European Commission has set straight alarmist newspaper claims that all recreational fishermen and anglers in the UK will be subject to fishing quotas. Contrary to these claims, no such proposal has been put forward by the European Commission, neither will there be any new rules for the occasional angler.
Anglers fishing in freshwater or on [...]