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In 1984, at the age of 15, Raphael Faraggi created the brand and the logo FISHABIL for fishing activities. In 1989 he created SA FISHABIL in order to manage the European Specimen Angling Centre.
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| The fishing centre was completed after 2 years of substantial redevelopment, which included diverting the river that originally run through the middle of the lake, to it's new location today. The lake was made larger to allow 50 swims, a hotel was created together with facilities making this the biggest World fishery.
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| After a few years Fishabil became the first fishing centre, and over the years it has hosted some of the most prestigious fishing events. Fishabil has hosted 2 world carp cups, 5 eliminating heats, the open Declic, the Cadet Clic, and the "La Rencontre". So far Fishabil has produced 8 world records which have been verified by the international federation of sport fishing.
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| In 2001 Fishabil also organised the 48th world championship of fishing in paris, which took place all over the French capital, with 700,000 spectators.
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