The animal protection association, PAZ, singles out the Departments of Seine-Maritime and Eure. She denounces the subsidies granted for one of the “ worst fishing practices », that of leisure. She particularly deplores the stocking of bodies of water, a source of animal suffering. Eure has subsidized the practice to the tune of €64,570 between 2021 and 2023 and Seine-Maritime to the tune of €57,048.
Note that Seine-Maritime is “ the only French department which conditions its subsidies, (…) on the fact of not carrying out stocking on plots owned by the Department “. On the other hand, he asks “ to the Fishing Federation to get children fishing! In 2024, the community gave them €5,700 of public money to complete their fishing baptism ».
An omerta in Calvados and Manche
In Normandy, only the Manche department refuses to subsidize recreational fishing. Calvados and Orne refused to respond to requests from the PAZ despite the favorable opinion of the Commission for Access to Administrative Documents (CADA).
