petesnr Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Speech 10/02/2009 by Jo Borg Head of EU Fisheries Commission "The most famous words contained in our proposal must be the words 'recreational fishing'. In some Member States our proposals in this regard have been misinterpreted alarming citizens that the Commission wants to start controlling millions of hobby anglers and impose quota restrictions on them. THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A CRAZY THING TO DO AND IT IS THEREFORE NOT OUR INTENTION TO IMPLEMENT SUCH A LUDICROUS SYSTEM. Let me make it clear once and for all that the hobby angler who catches a few kilos of fish every time he goes out fishing and uses it for private consumption will not be covered by the control regulation even if he catches fish such as cod which is under a recovery plan." From the horses mouth! He goes on to say that there are recreational fishing methods (presumably tangle nets etc.) that do have an effect on stocks and these will be targeted. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Well spotted! Unusual for a polititian to make such an clear and unambiguous statement like that. Very refreshing and very reassuring. Hopefully now our polititians will take this on board and that will be the last we hear of such silliness. Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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