MichaelW, in Europe you need to watch out for contaminated fish. I am sure you will get other UK and European people to chime in, but when I visited Germany I was advised not to eat the fish because of chemical and heavy metal (esp. mercury) tainting. Also, it was my understanding that in the UK most fisheries are now catch and release. Found this interesting site on UK fishing btw:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/arc...p/t-22400.html