IGFA Fishing Clubs
Europe and the Mediterranean Region
AUSTRIA
Austrian Trophy Club Gargantini
[email protected] [email protected]AKTIV Hotel Gargantini
Muhlbachestrasse 13
A-9232 Rosegg
AUSTRIA
+43 664 1736341
www.ag-fishing.com www.aktivhotelaustria.com
Contributing Club
The Austrian Trophy Club Gargantini manages more than 50 km private waters in the South of Austria. The Club is based at the lovely Aktiv Hotel Gargantini in Rosegg near the River Drava. We offer not only fishing but also fishing school, guiding, trips, fly tying and a fly Shop. Every year we organize the Grayling Trophy, an international fly fishing and fly tying contest.10% discount for IGFA members for guiding and fishing license.
BELGIUM
Belgian Big Game Federation
[email protected]Drieselstraat 13
9041 Oostakker
BELGIUM
(329) 329-8081
www.bbgf.be
Contributing Club
Our club was established as "World Wide Fishing Club" in 2002 and changed the name to "Belgian Big Game Federation" in 2005. Every two years we orgnanize the Belgian Big Game Championship. Our members exchange information and tips about the best boats, crew and prices and best fishing locations that they visited.
CROATIA
Sport Fishing Club Big Game "Big Game Croatia"
[email protected]Tucepska 6
21000 Split
CROATIA
+385 91 444 1014
www.bgfc.hr
Contributing Club
Club was established in 2010. The club is organizing two tournaments, international in July and national in October. We closely work with the bio national society for protection of sea and fish populations in order to achieve common goals. We also educate the public by organizing (once a year) a seminar where scientists and doctors have discussions about protection, preservation and various fishery issues.
SRD Punta Rata - Jezera Croatia
[email protected] [email protected]Murter
CROATIA
+385 22 439 394
www.vinko-entertainment.com/big_game.htm
Fellow Club
SRK Big Game 4Tuna Pula
[email protected]Prekomorskih Brigada 12
52100 Pula Pola
CROATIA
+385 91 125 4004
www.biggame4tuna.hr
Sponsor Club
The Sport Fishing Club Big Game 4 TUNA was founded in 2004 by Franco Cerin, a lawyer by profession and a big fan of fishing. He founded the first fishing club specialized in Big Game in Istria. It already has reached notable results in national and regional big game championships.
EGYPT
Bluefin- Sport Fishing
[email protected] [email protected]5 Block 1157
Sheraton Heliopolis
Cairo
EGYPT
+20 12 23291985 +20 12 80888033
www.bluefin-academy.com
Contributing Club
Bluefin is an organization, established in 2010, by a group of professional anglers. It has the concept of adding fun to the Sport of Fishing, spreading a proper angling culture and conserving the game fish species in Egypt; through applying the IGFA rules. Bluefin Academy is an IGFA strategic educational partner & club with its graduates forming the 'Bluefin Club'.
Egypt Sport Fishing Club
[email protected]PO Box 237
Aswan
011123
EGYPT
22-350-3825
Contributing Club
Egyptian Angling Federation
[email protected]6 A Kasr Elneil St
Cairo
11511
EGYPT
02 25750626
Contributing Club
The Alexandria Shooting Club is next to the Citadel of Qaitbay and serves all members of the Alexandria Shooting Club, the Greek Club, the Yacht Club and all fishermen in Alexandria.
ESTONIA
Estonian Sportfishing Federation
[email protected]Suur-Sõjamäe 30 5B
Tallinn
11415
ESTONIA
+372 504 0777
www.esff.ee
Fellow Club
FRANCE
Big Game Fishing Club France
[email protected] [email protected]10 Rue de Billancourt
92100 Boulogne
FRANCE
+33 6 87 82 86 87
www.facebook.com/bgfcf www.bgfcf.org
Sponsor Club
The Big Game Fishing Club France is committed to the same IGFA goals. We try to be an appropriate relay in France and for the French speaking anglers through newsletters, our website, regular friendly meetings and junior activities. We are very involved in the bluefin tuna tagging operations and play an active role in the IGFA Europe & Mediterranean Regional Council.
GERMANY
Big Game Fishing Club Germany
[email protected] [email protected]Tratenbachweg 1A
D-83661
Lenggries
GERMANY
+49 8042 4057
www.bgfc.de
Fellow Club
Big Game Fishing Club Deutschland e. V.
Hermann Fehringer, Prasident
Tratenbachweg 1 A. D-83661
Lenggries
GERMANY
Telephone: 49-8042-4057
Email: [email protected].
Website: www.bgfc.de
The Big Game Fishing Club of Germany (BGFCD) exists since 1999. Its headquarter is close to the Alpes near Munich. But that is not a problem, because the sea off our coasts do not hold game fishes anyway. The Club has been founded to build a network of like-minded people and to offer for them a platform to communicate information about how, where and when to fish. Our board member Jürgen Oeder has put all this infomation into a book of 480 pages (Das grosse Buch vom Biggame Angeln).
ITALY
Big Game Italia
[email protected] [email protected]c/o Club Nautico Rimini
Largo Boscovich, 12
47921 Rimini (RN)
ITALY
39-541 26520
www.biggameitalia.it
Fellow Club
IL "BIG GAME ITALIA" è un'associazione onlus, nata nel 1988, che riunisce gli appassionati della PESCA SPORTIVA IN MARE, con particolare attenzione alla pesca d'altura. I membri del BGI praticano un pesca responsabile e sostenibile, principio fondamentale dell'Associazione, partecipano alle gare con attrezzature compatibili con il "rilascio" di cattura e attraverso la collaborazione con istituti scientifici nazionali ed internazionali si stanno facendo studi attraverso la tecnica del "tag e release". Negli anni, grazie alla collaborazione del BGI con i biologi marini italiani, sono stati realizzati progetti di studio dello stock di squalo azzurro e tonno rosso dal Mediterraneo al mare Adriatico con particolare riferimento ai progetti di ricerca MED- TAG (marcatura degli squali nel Mediterraneo) e BABY SHARK- (marcatura di squali appena nati). Il BGI è stato membro del Mediterranean Rac presso la CE e ha collaborato con altri Stati europei nell'attuazione del progetto di riforma della politica europea della pesca marittima (PCP). Il BGI è stato membro del gruppo di lavoro presso il Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali (DG FISH) con mandato di riforma del quadro normativo e della normativa italiana sulla pesca ricreativa in mare ed è invitato quale esperto nel settore.
Il presidente del Big Game Italia è Gianfranco Santolini.
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The Big Game Italia (BGI) is a non-profit association, founded in 1988, which brings together fans of sports fishing at sea, with particular attention to deep sea fishing. The members of the BGI practice responsible and sustainable fishing, participate in competitions using equipment compatible with the release of catches, and, through collaboration with national and international scientific institutes, carry out studies through tag and release programs. Over the years, thanks to the collaboration of the BGI with Italian marine biologists, studies have been carried out on the stock of blue shark and bluefin tuna from the Mediterranean to the Adriatic Sea with particular reference to the MED-TAG research projects (marking of sharks in the Mediterranean) and BABY SHARK- (marking of newborn sharks). The BGI was a member of the Mediterranean Rac at the EC and collaborated with other European states in the implementation of the reform project of the European Maritime Fisheries Policy (CFP). The BGI was also a member of the working group at the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (DG FISH) with a mandate to reform the legislative framework and Italian legislation on recreational fishing at sea and is consdiered an expert in the sector.
The president of Big Game Italia is Gianfranco Santolini.
Club Nautico Rimini
[email protected]P.le Boscovich, 12
0541-26520 RIMINI
ITALY
0541-26520
www.cnrimini.com
Fellow Club
For over 91 years Nautical Club of Rimini has been a reference point for sailing and sea lovers boasting years of activities and successes, starting back in 1933.
The activity of the Club, which has always been conditioned by shallow waters, essentially used to be based on regattas for drift boats and was a real center of attraction in the Adriatic Sea.
Shortly thereafter, Rimini's athletes became more prominent in national activity and the Club became the seat of key events including the European Championships and, subsequently, of the World Sailing Championships in the Olympic classes.
The sixties marked the birth of the first Olimpia sailing courses and the Sailing School.
In the eighties, interest also extended to motor boating with the organization of local, national and international events
At the same time, the passion for sport fishing increased thanks to the close collaboration with the Big Game Italia,
a national an association that brings together deep-sea fishing enthusiasts, deep-sea fishing events are organized with high crew participation
from the main Italian clubs.
Today, the Club's holds a deep commitment to social education process for young people. Tangible proof of this commitment can be seen through the
"multidisciplinary didactic project" that the Rimini Nautical Club has run for the last ten years in collaboration with the Municipality of Rimini.
CNR is a member of the following federations: FIV, FIM, FIPSAS and CONI and is twinned with the following clubs:
Italian Yacht Club, Adriaco Yacht Club, Porto Rotondo Yacht Club, Punta Ala Yacht Club, Royal Rowing Club Tevere Remo Rome,
Venice Sailing Company, Roggero di Lauria Rowing Club, Bari Sailing Club, Nautical Club Riccione, Real Liga Naval Espagnola and
Republic of Singapore Yacht Club.
The current headquarters of the Rimini Nautical Club is located on the Canal Harbor.
The club currently has 517 members, including over 170 cadets.
Social life develops around the passion of the members for the sea, the countless sports and cultural initiatives, the sharing of values and the building of relationships, in a venue completely renovated in 2008 and set up so as to encourage and stimulate aggregation, leisure
and socialization. In 2016, the F. Sammarini Athletic Training Center was opened, reserved exclusively for members for the maintenance
of their physical fitness and for the sports preparation of the athletes of our competitive teams.
Gold Hook Fishing Club
[email protected]Porto Turistico di La Caletta -
(NUORO) (next Coast Guard)
08029 La Caletta, Siniscola (NU)
ITALY
+39 0784 810233 +39 339 647 5333
www.goldhook.it
Fellow Club
The Gold Hook Fishing Club is committed to the same IGFA goals. It is located on the island of Sardinia, the center of the Mediterranean Sea. The club offers lectures and practical fishing for kids and adults of all ages with the aim of raising awareness for the respect for the ocean and its inhabitants.
Pelagica
[email protected] [email protected]Tevere Time Roma / Fiumicino
00144 Rome
ITALY
0039 3294261096
www.pelagica.it
Contributing Club
Pelagica - Tevere Time Roma / Fiumicino
Our Mission - L'Associazione si propone di promuovere, programmare, organizzare e realizzare l'attività sportiva della pesca sportiva, delle attività subacquee, del nuoto pinnato e, più in generale, di tutte le attività sportive, compresa l'attività didattica, .riconosciute dalla Federazione Italiana della Pesca Sportiva e Attività Subacquee, alla quale si affilia. I Charter di pesca sono aperti a tutti gli associati e vanno, a secondo del periodo autorizzativo e metereologico, dal bolentino alla traina d'altura, dal drifting al tonno alla semplice giornata alla pesca del pesce azzurro, il tutto legato alle esigenze dei partecipanti. La nostra flotta comprende una AL CUSTOM AL25 motorizzata con e motori yamaha 175 cv per spostamenti rapidi ed arrivare, per esempio in pochi minuti alle Secche di Tor Paterno ed un Fisherman Pacemaker 40 piedi con divergenti per provare emozionanti momenti di pesca ad alte profondità alla ricerca di Alalunghe Aguglie Imperiali e perchè no sotto costa per insidiare, a secondo dei periodi, tutte le specie di pesce. DISPONIAMO DELLE MIGLIORI ATTREZZATURE DA PESCA PER RILEVAMENTO FONDALI COSI' COME COMBINATI PER LA PESCA DA POCHE LIBBRE A MISURE IMPORTANTI. Per i nostri associati a disposizione nel periodo primaverile ed estivo piccole imbarcazioni conducibili senza patente con motori da 25 cv a 40 cv ( senza patente ) per 4/5 persone
Ci troviamo nel lazio a Roma /Fiumicino organizziamo anche uscite con Skypper alle Isole Pontine
Rocksea Fishing Club
[email protected]Marina Di Ravenna
ITALY
+39 335 631 7585
Rockseafishingclub
Contributing Club
Rocksea fishing club was created on January 2025. Fishing is our passion; we qualified for OWC2025 in Costa Rica and winning Tunistra 2024. We decided to create this club to bring new and young fishermen closer.
LATVIA
MONACO
Fédération Monégasque de Pêches Sportives
[email protected]Monaco Cedex
MONACO
+33 6 40 61 06 66
https://www.fmps.mc/page/1653924-accueil https://www.facebook.com/federationpechemonaco https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmrRmhVa42QpZ-YGGMaRNxQ
Fellow Club
Half a century after the creation of the Mediterranean Game Fish Association, The Fédération Monégasque de Pêches Sportives was created in 2017 with the aim of developing and organising recreational and sport fishing around a legal framework dictated by Maritime Law and an ethics which aim to rise fishermen's awareness toward environnemental protection.
PORTUGAL
Grupo Naval de Olhão
[email protected]Av. 5 de Outubro, 2A
8700-302 Olhao
PORTUGAL
+351 916 171 239
Contributing Club
QATAR
International School of London Quatar
[email protected]PO Box 18511
North Duhail
Doha,
QATAR
+974 3325 0269
Fellow Club
ROMANIA
APS Tomis Constanta Fishing Club
[email protected]Dacia nr.16A
Ovidiu Constanta
905900
ROMANIA
+40 726 736 854
http://www.aps-tomis.ro
Contributing Club
We were established in 2011, and our principal goal is to promote fishing in general and predator fishing with artificial lures in particular. Our club has 4 teams ( 2 anglers in a boat) who are involved in the Romanian National Championship Boat Predators with artificial lures.
We have actions of populating with fish our local public waters, info-sharing from our contests and fishing trips, fishing product reviews, etc...basically the same vision as IGFA. We fish a lot in the Danube Delta the second largest river delta in Europe.
SAUDI ARABIA
Behind the Reef
[email protected]8062 Jabal Allahaib
Al Amwaj Dist. #3833 Unit 3
Jeddah, Makkah,
SAUDI ARABIA
Benefactor Club
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SPAIN
Federacion Gallega de Pesca Maritima Responsable
[email protected]Apartado Correos 5057
36200 Vigo
SPAIN
+34 607 96 11 17
www.fedpemar.es
Contributing Club
TURKEY
USBAKDER Uluslararas Sportif Balikcilik Kulubu Dernegi
[email protected]Kulubu
Mustafa Kemal Mah. 2142 Cad 8/4
Cankaya
Ankara
06550
TURKEY
+90 533 068 47 15
Contributing Club
"USBAKDER has gained membership of IGFA as the only international non-governmental organization established in Turkey. It is the association that protects and protects all laws and control legislation for sustainable amateur and professional fishing, environmental protection, water and nature friendly and most importantly for the future in all its activities and activities. Our association, which wants to implement IGFA and national standards seriously, has the annual FISHING FEST TURKEY brand and organizes festivals under this brand every year. In addition, it is an organization that tries to standardize Amateur and Professional Fishing as a profession for the first time in Turkey. Our goal is to maintain and control reputable, professional and environmentally friendly fisheries in our region. You can contact us at www.usbakder.org
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Fujairah International Marine Club
[email protected] [email protected]Corniche Street
Fujairah
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
+971 9 222 1166
www.fimc.ae
Benefactor Club
Since its establishment in 1999, Fujairah International Marine Club has become an internationally recognized watersports destination. Being the only club on the East Coast of United Arab Emirates, and facing the Indian Ocean, Fujairah International Marine Club hosts and organizes several international regional, and nationwide watersports tournaments such as fishing, rowing, jet skis, and various international powerboat categories. And because it is about an hour drive from Dubai, it attracts fishing enthusiasts nationwide. It also is a hotspot from expats since it has different bars, cafes, and restaurants. The FIMC is also a pride member of the RYA (Royal Yachts Association), as well as the UAE Marine Sports Federation.
Fish targeted: Marlin, Swordfish, Sailfish, Tuna (8KG+), Kingfish (10kg+), Dorado (5kg+), Trevally (10kg+), Queen Fish (7kg+), Barracuda (5kg+).
UNITED KINGDOM
Big Game Fishing UK
[email protected]Leigh, Sevenoaks
UNITED KINGDOM
07402 785938
www.Biggamefishinguk.com big game fishing uk biggamefishinguk
Fellow Club
Big Game Fishing UK LTD is an exclusive club that organises some of the best big game fishing trips around the world.
We are a science led and fully focused community of anglers that are committed to fish welfare, bio sustainability and the protection of the seas around the globe.
Working alongside a selection of some of the most experienced skippers and scientific research groups, we are fortunate enough to be able to offer some of the most exclusive fishing trips around the world.
Not only do we offer some of the best fishing we are also a media and content development company dedicated to producing exclusive content for our clients.
We offer content packages from £200 per day which includes a large selection of photographs and a short video clip of the experience. Over the coming years, we will be working hand in hand with the scientific community and associated government bodies to ensure that we are acting in a sustainable and responsible manner at all times. All our fishing is catch and release and serves to support sustainable seas and the local economy.
East Hastings Sea Angling Association
[email protected]The Stade East Parade
East Beach St
Hastings
TN34 3FJ
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1424 430081 +44 1424 430230
www.ehsaa.org.uk
Contributing Club
European Federation of Sea Anglers (EFSA)
[email protected]30 Dysart Avenue
Kingston-upon-Thames
KT2 5RB
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 7715 926050
www.efsafishing.org
Contributing Club
Shark Angling Club of Great Britain
[email protected] [email protected]c/o Looe Social Club
The Quay
West Looe, Cornwall
PL13 2BU
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 7572 976680
www.sharkanglingclubofgreatbritain.org.uk
Contributing Club
Sportfishing Club of the British Isles
[email protected] [email protected]10 Dutchells Copse
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 5PD
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1403 276769
www.scbi.club www.sportfish.org.uk
Contributing Club
The Sportfishing Club of the British Isles was formed in 1979 and has just under 100 members. In spite of its name it is not limited to UK residents. We aim to provide unbiased information on destinations, tackle, and tactics for, and from ,our members and provide a web meeting site for like minded individuals.