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The general committee for the organization of water sports was chaired by [[Ranks in the French Navy|Admiral]] [[Victor Auguste, baron Duperré|Victor Duperré]] and included [[Senate of France|senators]] and former ministers such as [[Édouard Barbey]] and [[Pierre Baudin]], but above all many presidents of fishing associations.{{sfn|Mérillon|1901a|pp=31-32}}
France then had at least 330 very active fishing societies, with the support of over a million members, most of them from the [[working class]]. This argument was essential. Indeed, unlike other sports and other sports federations, fishing was considered "accessible to all classes of society and to all individuals", as written in ''<span dir="ltr" lang="fr">Le Gymnaste</span>'' of February 17, 1900. [[Guadeloupe]] [[French Parliament|deputy]] [[Gaston Gerville-Réache]] was among the main supporters of angling. Fishing would then be a way of more directly involving the [[
Another argument was economic and [[ecological]]. The competitions were seen as an encouragement to improve the health of [[List of rivers of France|French waterways]]. The fishermen and the organizers insisted that they be [[Fish stocking|restocked]] in order to provide the [[Poverty in France|poorest
[[File:Expo universelle paris 1900.JPG|left|thumb|View of the [[1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris]].]]
Finally, the organisers of the ''<span dir="ltr" lang="fr">Exposition Universelle</span>'' relented and admitted angling to be included among the contests; however, instead of the 92000 francs of subventions asked by the Naval Sports organizing committee, only 14000 francs would be given as [[Subvention|subventions]] to help to fund the angling contests.{{sfn|Drevon|2000|p=141}}{{sfn|Mérillon|1901a|p=33}}<ref>{{Cite book
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