Recreational sea anglers have won crucial support from the government in the latest round of their fight to defeat an attempt by the European Union to extend its fisheries regulations to anglers and make them report every fish they catch.

Fisheries minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, weighed-in this afternoon (Monday, April 6) saying the proposals would be opposed by the government “…because of their potential impact on recreational sea anglers.
“I do not believe the EU Commission has made the case to support them and we will continue to seek further clarification and amendments,â€