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'A member of the audience asked the speakers about the level of recognition of recreational fishing in the new CFP.
MEP Rodust answered that amendments regarding recreational fishing have been made in the basic regulation. She added that it is important that recreational fishing is included in the reformed CFP but not treated at the same level as professional fishing.
Mr. Lamplmair added that the EU in general does not devise conservation measures for recreational fisheries, with some exceptions like for example in the case of Bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, as it is national or local levels that set the rules. He pointed to an issue of proportionality, but added that where substantial amounts of catch are taken by recreational fishers, they need to be taken into account by fisheries managers'.
http://ebcd.org/pdf/en/249-REPORT_Th...of_the_CFP.pdf
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