Hunting - Milan, September 26th. "In the light of present and past positions taken, I believe that ISPRA makes opinions clearly transcending the limits of technicality and scientificity, expressing considerations that are clearly more marked by political choices, which should be the sole responsibility of the administrations." This was stated by the regional councilor of the Lega Floriano Massardi about the ISPRA hearing, held today at the Pirellone Agriculture Commission, in reference to the two bills presented by Massardi himself on hunting in derogation and on the reopening of roccoli.
"I have not failed to underline how the work of the body - continues the exponent of the Brescia Carroccio - is, in my opinion, in open contradiction also with what was established by the Court of Justice, which stated that in the matter of exceptions to the Directive Birds, economic, recreational and cultural needs must be taken into account, an aspect which Ispra would seem not to take into account in relation to the bills presented by the undersigned.
In the same way, I think it is unacceptable that Ispra responds that it is not able to determine the small quantities for the levy, considering that there is a ruling, again by the European Court of Justice on the Maltese derogations, where it is clearly explained how to calculate the small quantities. on migrant species.
Even on the use of networks - continues the vice president of the Agriculture Commission - there is a contradictory question, which sees the adoption of completely opposite evaluation criteria for similar practices, despite the fact that the selectivity requirement is the same. In this way we arrive at the paradoxical and absurd situation whereby the use of the same net becomes "selective" if it is used for catching for scientific purposes, but no longer if it is destined for recreational purposes.
These are just some of the many contradictions, which lead us to believe the work of Ispra is ideologized; the problem is that, once again, our hunters, especially those from Brescia, are at the expense - says Massardi. "