Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6 Fte (21)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Anglers Alliance (EAA)
EU Transparency Register
60105502183-69 First registered on 26 Aug 2009
Goals / Remit
EAA's policies are environmentally 'green' and rooted in the 'sustainable use of resources' tradition as understood from an angling perspective. The EAA is committed to the concepts of sustainable development and ecosystem based management, and to protect biodiversity in all its forms, genetic diversity, species diversity -incl. a healthy age-distribution within fish stocks- and ecosystem diversity.
Cutting from the EAA Statutes:
1. The overall goal of EAA is to work, on European level and in the framework of international projects, for the interests of recreational angling, by active involvement in all areas which are vital for the present status and the future development of fish stocks, aquatic environment and angling activities.
2. to promote and administer a National and International alliance to improve the aquatic environment as it affects, or may affect, the well being of fisheries and angling within EU Member States and other European States;
3. to promote and defend fisheries and angling on the basis of ecological sustainability and sensible use of natural resources, in particular by the conservation of all species of fish and their habitat, including the promotion and definition of proper methods of maintaining and controlling stock levels;
4. to establish and maintain a permanent liaison with, and to support angling organisations throughout Europe;
5. to defend angling activities of associated organisations and their affiliated members, subject to the laws applicable in each member nations; to do and to promote research in relation to fish and their environment and to co-operate with national and international organisations with similar interests which might assist the Alliance to achieve its objectives;
6. to defend the interests of members and member organisations, to take joint decisions on matters of common interest and to implement those decisions;
7. to promote all forms of angling activities, methods and equipment, which comply with acceptable conditions of capture and retention of fish prior to release (where applicable) and to promote scientific research for the purpose of achieving this objective;
8. to promote the education of anglers and the general public as to the principles and ethics of angling, its socio-economic importance, the importance of fish and their habitat in the management of the aquatic environment;
9. to secure and expand the access of anglers to all angling waters including the sea;
10. to do research on issues relevant for pursuing the above mentioned objectives.Main EU files targeted
- Implementation of the CFP reform
- Implementation of the MSFD.
- The overfished sea bass stock.
- Baltic salmon and trout management.
- Baltic cod
- Implementation of the WFD
- The Biodiversity Strategy
- Implementation of the Invasive Species Regulation.
- NATURA 2000 (is a member of the NATURA 2000 USER GROUP).Address
Head Office
Rue de la Loi, 81a
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
21
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 20 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Jan 2017
Name Start date End Date Mr Lasse Skaarup Petersen 22 Aug 2016 31 Jan 2017 Mr Jan Kappel 13 Apr 2016 13 Apr 2017 Alfred Bloot 13 Apr 2016 13 Apr 2017 Complementary Information
One person is based in Brussels full time:
Jan Kappel, Secretary General
Other people involved are EAA Board members, staff and volunteers from EAA's member organisations.Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Jan Kappel (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Fred Bloot (President)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
EAA is networking with angling organisations and the tackle trade all over Europe and globally.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
Most EAA manpower are staff and volunteers from its member organisations, who spend some of their time on EAA affairs.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
- Co-ordination Group for Biodiversity and Nature (CGBN)
- Water Framework Directive Strategic Coordination Group (WFD SCG)ACC
Active member of 5 CFP Advisory Councils:
- Baltic Sea AC
- Mediterranean Sea AC
- North Sea AC
- North-western waters AC
- Aquaculture ACGroups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
EAA gives secretarial assistance to events arranged by the "Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment":
www.eaa-europe.org/european-parliament-forumOther activities
EAA developed position papers and gave advise on various topics within:
• sea fisheries (CFP reform, Control Reform, Marine Strategy Directive, Marine Protected areas, Ecosystem based management, spatial planning...),
• freshwater and terrestrial (WFD, Habitat's and Birds Directives/NATURA 2000),
• animal welfare (fish/fisheries).
EAA participated in a number of consultations, conferences and workshops with regard to fisheries and environmental issues.
• EAA in Brussels monitored and informed EAA members and the public about various EU policies and legislative developments.
• EAA informed the decison-makers about the European recreational angling community; the positive contributions from angling to society; it's development potential; the community's needs - including the need for better data on the sector.
EAA participated in a number of advisory bodies concerning EU's fisheries and environment policy shaping e.g.:
• Member of five Advisory Councils under the CFP (Common Fisheries Policy)
• Observer to NASCO, North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation
• Member of the WFD-SCG, Water Framework Directive Strategic Coordination Group
• Member of the Marine Strategy Coordination Group
• Member of the Expert Group on River Basin Management (RBM EG) under ICPDR (International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River)
• Member of the Co-ordination Group "Biodiversity & Nature"
• Socio-economic importance of angling:
EAA will continue to promote the huge economic, environmental and social contribution which recreational angling makes to all the nations of Europe.
• EAA will continue to campaign for funding to the EAA and EFTTA 'RECFISH project', a pan-European socio-economic study on recreational angling, and to support other smaller scale recreational fishing data collection projects.
• The EAA will continue to encourage increased participation in angling without limitation by nationality, sex, age, or ethnic origin.- Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 02 Oct 2020 Location Virtual Subject To present the community of recreational fishery, their key priorities in the field of fisheries, biodiversity and environmental protection. To discuss the Commission’s proposal amending the fisheries control regulation. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Marius Vaščega (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Sep 2020 Location Brussels - Webex call Subject Workings of the Advisory Councils DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
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- Fundació ENT
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- MEDREACT
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Stichting De Noordzee
- Fiskesekretariatet
- Eurogroup for Animals
- OCEANA
- BirdWatch Ireland
- Stichting BirdLife Europe
- Sciaena - Oceans # Conservation # Awareness
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Date 29 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Common fisheries policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Karmenu Vella (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings