Quote Originally Posted by rockhopper View Post
Let us remind ourselves that in many european countries some already existing measures for animal protection have been implemented. In Luxembourg and Ireland for example, fishing with live bait has been against the law for a long time now, and in some other countries you can't use metal guarding nets because fish can easily be damaged in them. Our goal is to equilize all the laws in all the European Union member countries, it is not suprising that an increasing number of concerned anglers are wondering whether they will be able to freely go fishing tomorrow and use techniques of their own choice?!!

There is a famous quote that says those that do not remember the sins of the past are doomed to repeat it. The things actvists are trying to do in other countries could end up being tried here. Watch out for this, folks.