Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive


Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive which was founded in 1952 is the international sport federation representing a number of international federations concerned with angling sports that are carried out in fresh or seawater environments, fly fishing and with casting sport.

Organisation

CIPS was founded in Rome, Italy on 22 February 1952.
The CIPS is a confederation of the following international federations:
CIPS via its constituent international federations is reported as representing 115 National Federations who in turn represent a total of 50 million individual members. CIPS headquarters are located in Rome, Italy where its day-to-day operations are conducted. World and continental championships are directly organised by its international federations.

Kindred organisations

CIPS is the predecessor of Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques in respect to spearfishing. CMAS was founded in 1959 by national federations which at the time were members of the Comité des Sports Sous-Marins of CIPS.

Recognition

CIPS is a member of SportAccord. It is also one of the international sports federations that has agreed to comply with the World Anti-Doping Code which is overseen by the World Anti-Doping Agency.