Game fish

The sport fishing practices - as opposed to the professional fisherman - fishing as a leisure activity from. However, the sport fishing - much like the Wild Hunt - get in Germany in recent years due to a converted environmental and animal protection awareness in the discussion. According to the Animal Protection Act is the capture and killing of vertebrates, including fish, allowed exclusively of "reasonable grounds ". As a " reasonable cause " means the exploitation of fish caught for animal or human consumption. In common usage, the terms angler or anglers have prevailed since the designation of angling as a sport does not meet the aforementioned conditions.

Associations

To represent their interests, different federations have established for anglers.

Germany

In Germany anglers are organized through local angling clubs in the German Angler Association ( DAV) or the Association of German Sport Fishing Association ( VDSF ). The VDSF rename efforts because of the controversial designation sport fishermen have failed. According to the VDSF from the year 2003, the number of anglers in Germany is estimated at 1.6 million.

Austria

Fishing in Austria are represented by national associations in the Austrian Fisheries Association. Furthermore, there is also the Austrian Council for fishing & water protection, the general lobbying for its members and member clubs from the fishing environment.

Switzerland

The Swiss Fisheries Association organized anglers in Switzerland. In Association are both professional and private anglers. According to the company are organized (some over 350 member clubs ) about 30,000.