Requête en justice auprès de la cour de justice européenne :

Bonjour à tous,

Le document joint rappelle en substance les motifs de la requête en justice de l’ EAA et de l’EFTTA auprès de la cour de justice européenne :

  •          traitement discriminatoire entre citoyens européens au profit des pêches commerciales et au détriment des récréatifs.
  •           Utilisation de données erronées concernant les prélèvements de bars par les récréatifs.

Il stipule également que la cour de justice fait savoir par courrier à l’ EAA qu’elle considère  la requête recevable à savoir :  la revendication de pouvoir conserver 1 bar par pêcheur et par jour(de sortie) et celle de la mise en place, dès 2019 d’un dispositif de suivi des captures de bars par les pêcheurs récréatifs.

Cette requête sera jugée à une date qui reste à déterminer…

Bien à vous tous,

Dominique.

PS : les données des stocks de bar produites par le CIEM ( ICES en anglais) sont attendues avant la fin de ce mois.ce mois

 

European Anglers Alliance takes EU to Court over Bass ban

15 June 2018

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The European Anglers Alliance, supported by the EFTTA, is challenging the European Council over its decision to ban members of the public fishing recreationally from keeping any bass in 2018.

EAA is arguing that the decision creates unjustified discrimination between European citizens as well as violating the principle of proportionality.

It also says that the Council of the European Union took the decision without relying on any objective data on bass stocks and is not in compliance with Article 17 of the common fisheries policy as the socio-economic impact of recreational fisheries has not been taken into account.

A letter received this week from the General Court of the European Union (which is a constituent court of the Court of Justice of the European Union) confirmed that the case will be heard in the first chamber of the court although a date has not yet been set.

Jan Kappel, Secretary General of EAA, said: “EAA believes the decision breaches the human rights of members of the public fishing recreationally. As a matter of principle, we find it grossly unjust that the public is not allowed to catch a single bass to eat, while commercial fishing vessels are allowed to catch, land and sell bass. It is the world upside down. Fish are a public resource, and the public should be given priority to this resource over other exploiters. We are taking this action in partnership with EFTTA to protect the rights of members of the public to fish and to protect the jobs and businesses in the angling industry.”

In the meantime, EAA is lobbying to get a bag limit for recreational catches reinstated based on a review of the science and the impact of recreational fishing on bass. The results of the review, along with the new ICES advice for 2019, are due to be published later this month.