European Anglers Alliance

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

150,000€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

6 Fte (21)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

3

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • 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).
    - BLUE GROWTH STRATEGY (angling/tourism)

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue de la Loi, 81a
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    21

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    25%20

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    6

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Feb 2018

    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)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    EAA is networking with angling organisations and the tackle trade all over Europe and globally.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    150,000€

    Other financial info

    Most EAA manpower are staff and volunteers from its member organisations, who spend some of their time on EAA affairs.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Strategic Coordination Group for the Water Framework and Floods Directives#E00371 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=371 #Member #C#Co-ordination Group for Biodiversity and Nature #E02210 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2210 #Member #C#ENV.D.2-Invasive Alien Species

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    EAA positions: http://www.eaa-europe.org/positions/

    EAA gives secretarial assistance to events arranged by the "Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment":
    www.eaa-europe.org/european-parliament-forum

    Other 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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