18/02/2002 - FISSTA ESCALATE CAMPAIGN FOR EVICTIONS TO BE LIFTED AND THE GRANTING OF SECURITY OF TENURE
Final touches are being put to plans for the first of our Regional Public Meetings to be held in St Mary's Hall Killarney in which the National Association of Regional Game Councils and FISSTA will jointly address their members grievances to the elected politicians of Kerry. All members are asked to attend and show their solidarity with the Laune, Flesk and other clubs in Donegal who have been evicted from their waters.
It was another week of more talk from Government but to date no action was forthcoming from the Dept of the Marine for the removal of the dreaded evictions or the granting of security of tenure for the state leased waters especially relating to our affiliates in Donegal and Kerry.

However, to date Monday 18th February, our Secretary Tommy Lawton has not received this long awaited notice to meet our Executive delegates, but when Minister Fahey was confronted with the wrath of the Kerry anglers on Friday 15th in Tralee, they were told once again that the notice was in the post.

At the rally organised by the Kerry Anglers Federation in Killarney on Sat 16th 2002 in which a huge crowd turned out Chairman Noel Carr in his message of support for the clubs evicted from Laune and Flesk and "pledged to eradicate this virus of state landlordism now in effect in Donegal and Kerry. Treatment such as this is an example of what is facing every club in the country as their leases fall due. This new policy of eviction was spawned and nurtured by the CEO of the SWRFB and NRFB with Government funds designated for cooperation and partnership with anglers".