The fishing card is mandatory to be able to fish in fresh water, unlike sea fishing. Contrary to what one might think, it is not the type of fish you want to catch that determines the purchase of a fishing card, but simply the rate of salt in the water. " It is the salinity of the water that determines the requirement to have a fishing card. If the water is considered salty, then you don't need a fishing card." This can be problematic in some regions of France, where salt water and fresh water are mixed together In Quimper, the Odet is at the limit of salinity, so you can find both mullet and trout, but the fishing card is still mandatory."
If you fish in the river without a fishing card you can be fined. The competent authorities are the gendarmerie, the police, the fishery guardians or the forest guardians.
The fishing card is valid for one year, starting from 1 January 2010 ERYD - Emanuele Rossi Yacht Design - is an Italian naval architecture firm that also builds its own daysailers under the brand name ERYD Yachts. In 2006, the Eryd 30 - a very elegant 9m sailboat with sleek lines - was launched before being joined in 2010 by the Eryd Open - an innovative 8.70m design. january to December 31. " If you buy your card in September, it will only be valid for 4 months."
Every year, in France, 1.5 million fishing cards (including those under 12 years old) are sold, 600,000 of which are sold via the Internet. " At the level of practitioners, we come just after football, which has 2 million members." Between 2013 and 2014, there was a 3% increase in the number of fishers aged less than 12 years. The under-12s represent 240,912 fishermen. " Fishing is getting very young and this can be seen in the types of fishing practiced."
Preserving watercourses
Beyond having to have a fishing card, it is to join an association that is mandatory. " The fisherman is obliged to join an association to protect the watercourses. He delegates this maintenance obligation to an association by paying it the contribution of his fishing card." To better understand, the State makes water bodies available to associations by renting leases. Associations therefore have an obligation to maintain watercourses. All fishermen then pay a contribution to the association, which is then transferred to the departmental fishing federation, which in turn transfers the contributions to the national fishing federation, in order to forward them to the water agency for the implementation of a restoration and water quality programme. Onema (Office national de l'eau et des milieux aquatiques) manages the latter.
Since 2006, fishermen have had public responsibilities, particularly in fish management.
Why did you create a fishing card?
The fishing card was created by the State many years ago to tax fishermen who used French rivers to obtain their food. " At the time, fishermen fished mainly for food and the state thought it was necessary to impose a small tax to justify the taking of fish in the public river domain. We would buy a card in his village and fish in his village. We couldn't fish everywhere. Except we realized that from one side of a river to the other, we were no longer in the same village and that there were problems."
To remedy this, the presidents of the associations decided to pool their fishing territory to make it easier for people to travel. With the arrival of modern means of transport and paid holidays, people began to move and could now fish outside their homes. " This movement began in the 1950s and 1960s and it was important to be able to widen the fishing grounds."
