A broad overview of the concerns of fishermen in the department on Friday evening during the central sector meeting organized in Mareilles. Despite a particular context, the organization of fishing continues to professionalize and carry out structuring projects.
Friday, November 8, late in the afternoon, we got to the heart of the matter during the first of three annual sector meetings* organized by the Haute-Marne Fishing Federation. It was the AAPPMA of Andelot (Approved Association for Fishing and the Protection of the Aquatic Environment) which welcomed its counterparts from the central sector and representatives of the Federation to the Mareilles village hall where the tone was set entrance.
Due in particular to the unique climatic conditions recorded this season, the national fishing authorities were counting on a drop in the number of members of around 5%. Well seen! Haute-Marne recorded a decline of 4.77% a few weeks before the end of the financial year. All categories of cards follow this trend, in particular those intended for minors and those under 12 who nevertheless benefit from financial assistance from the Departmental Council on condition that the cards are taken from a depository.
The department has 10,665 fishermen (less 534), which still makes it the main associative force.
Fewer cards mean fewer resources for the AAPPMA and for the Federation. This had made arrangements at the board of directors to complete an increased 2024 budget due to the increase in fixed costs (+ 30,000 euros for 2023). The reduction in the share allocated to AAPPMA (minus 2 euros per card) was not unanimously supported at the general assembly in Bologna at the start of the year. It even led, in the process, to the resignation of three members of the board of directors (read in box).
The issue came back to the table on Friday, as did the price of cards deemed too dissuasive by certain fishermen according to field feedback collected by Sylvain Boucquemont, president of La Moutelle in Luzy-sur-Marne, who helped to liven up the debates. . Michel Rémond, president of the Haute-Marne Federation, insisted on the fact that fishing remains cheap compared to others, particularly hunting. “It’s also up to fishermen to spread the word”he said in substance.
And as the interfederal card will take 2 additional euros (112 euros) next season, the future will tell whether this new increase will have an effect on the workforce or not.
Reasons to hope
The future exactly? It is difficult to understand and each new season brings its share of good and bad surprises linked mainly to the fishing conditions.
For the rest, Fédé 52 plays its driving role fully with competent and involved staff both in terms of technical approach, knowledge of waterways and evolution of fish populations and from a leisure development point of view. fishing.
It is undoubtedly in this specific area of activity that fishermen can most easily judge the commitment of the federation's teams. We can no longer count the activities aimed at young people and even the elderly carried out each year. The Fishing and Nature House located at La Maladière in Chaumont is running at full capacity.
Heavy files are about to be finalized such as the extension of boat launches on the four lakes of the Pays de Langres (each lake will initially benefit from an extension), four fishing pontoons will be installed on the canal (around twenty are planned over several years). Fédé 52 will also carry a new initiative initiated by the National Federation for Fishing in France (FNPF). This is a national competition for young fishermen. Two rounds of the lure circuit are planned for May on the Chaumont canal and on Lac de la Mouche.
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Representatives of 13 AAPPMAs from the central sector were present Friday evening in Mareilles.
The Discovery route in Saint-Dizier is currently being built. Fishing pontoons will be located on the canal and on the Marne near the ludo park. With the Passion course on the Rognon, and the Family course in Roôcourt-la-Côte, unfortunately vandalized recently, Haute-Marne will be the only department in the Grand-Est region to have implemented the various fishing-labelled courses at the national level. This should legitimately make the disciples of Saint Peter of all sizes proud.
A. S.
* The northern sector meeting will take place on November 15 in Wassy. That of the southern sector is scheduled for November 22 in Meuse.
Along the water
- 52. This is the number of AAPPMAs in the department. La Crête was dissolved and its routes taken over by the neighboring AAPPMA of Bourdons-sur-Rognon.
- 49. This is the number of AAPPMAs in departmental reciprocity. A call was launched to the AAPPMA of Dancevoir, present Friday evening. As for those of Orges and Maranville, they were not present during this sector meeting.
- 11. This is the number of administrators of the Federation following the death of Mauro Putano Bisti, former president of the AAPPMA of Bourmont and the resignations of Patrice Lapoire (Langres), Florian Poinsel (Laferté-sur-Amance) and Jean-Pierre Sombstay (Fresnes-sur-Apance). If a new resignation occurs before the end of the current mandate, the Federation would be obliged to hold a new election.
- 98,86. This is the percentage of Haut-Marne courses placed in the interdepartmental reciprocity basket. The 52, with the entry into reciprocity this season of La Suizette, is a very good student within the URNE (North-East Reciprocal Union). The federation and the reciprocal AAPPMAs will receive the subsidies.
