New EU fishing license rules
Dec 2, 2009 10:04:54 GMT -1
Post by SEAJUNKY on Dec 2, 2009 10:04:54 GMT -1
New EU fishing license rules.
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The following information is mainly for anglers who coarse fish in Spain and have licenses although it may be an issue with other European licenses and in the end, Great Britain and Southern Ireland.
Keep at least a copy of your old passport because someone has tried to renew their (Spanish) Andalucian coarse license and because their passport number was different to the one they originally supplied the authorities wouldn’t renew it. (Spaniards have the same number all their life) The problem was only got round by producing the old passport to prove he was the same person. If he hadn’t he would have had to take the 24 hour course and test again.
The following information is a warning to all UK anglers. One of our contacts who is high up in the Spanish fishing federation tells us the European department of the environment is bringing out a new law covering all member states. A test similar to Andalucia’s is to be introduced to obtain a coarse fishing license. He suspects anyone already having a license before the new law is implemented will not have to take the test, BUT in Spain as I said earlier, the Spanish keep the same id number and renew their license whereas the Brits don’t, they apply for a new one each year. My advice is to keep all fishing licenses even if they have run out as they might just come in handy.
By the way we still don’t know if our course and test loophole will stay open after 1st January but we will keep our fingers crossed. We are still getting round the need to produce an NIE document (Spanish equivalent to a British national insurance number). We have no news of which Spanish regions are getting together, that is: one license covers all. We also don’t know if the regions will be copying Andalucia by bringing in the course and test.
Non of this so far appears to be changing beach or boat fishing licensing laws in Spain except that one now has to produce an NIE document. Or you can fish in Spain if you hold an in date beach/boat fishing license from another EU member country. (Not much help to the Brits or Irish).
I would add a warning to those anglers coming on holiday next year (To Andalucia at least) It is a criminal offence to fish, coarse and sea, without a license and details of your offence can be added to your passport details and kept on record by the Spanish authorities. You could be flagged up as a minor criminal when booking flights or showing your passport on arrival. Imagine how much trouble that might cause when trying to get into the United States if they had the info. One way out of the above would be to obtain a new passport which for now would come with a new number.
My concern is for holidaying anglers like the dozens I meet every year who don’t know a license is required in Spain, they just bring their travel rod with them and off they go.
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The following information is mainly for anglers who coarse fish in Spain and have licenses although it may be an issue with other European licenses and in the end, Great Britain and Southern Ireland.
Keep at least a copy of your old passport because someone has tried to renew their (Spanish) Andalucian coarse license and because their passport number was different to the one they originally supplied the authorities wouldn’t renew it. (Spaniards have the same number all their life) The problem was only got round by producing the old passport to prove he was the same person. If he hadn’t he would have had to take the 24 hour course and test again.
The following information is a warning to all UK anglers. One of our contacts who is high up in the Spanish fishing federation tells us the European department of the environment is bringing out a new law covering all member states. A test similar to Andalucia’s is to be introduced to obtain a coarse fishing license. He suspects anyone already having a license before the new law is implemented will not have to take the test, BUT in Spain as I said earlier, the Spanish keep the same id number and renew their license whereas the Brits don’t, they apply for a new one each year. My advice is to keep all fishing licenses even if they have run out as they might just come in handy.
By the way we still don’t know if our course and test loophole will stay open after 1st January but we will keep our fingers crossed. We are still getting round the need to produce an NIE document (Spanish equivalent to a British national insurance number). We have no news of which Spanish regions are getting together, that is: one license covers all. We also don’t know if the regions will be copying Andalucia by bringing in the course and test.
Non of this so far appears to be changing beach or boat fishing licensing laws in Spain except that one now has to produce an NIE document. Or you can fish in Spain if you hold an in date beach/boat fishing license from another EU member country. (Not much help to the Brits or Irish).
I would add a warning to those anglers coming on holiday next year (To Andalucia at least) It is a criminal offence to fish, coarse and sea, without a license and details of your offence can be added to your passport details and kept on record by the Spanish authorities. You could be flagged up as a minor criminal when booking flights or showing your passport on arrival. Imagine how much trouble that might cause when trying to get into the United States if they had the info. One way out of the above would be to obtain a new passport which for now would come with a new number.
My concern is for holidaying anglers like the dozens I meet every year who don’t know a license is required in Spain, they just bring their travel rod with them and off they go.