Spanish fishing sector calls for EU support

Published 2024년 5월 15일

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The Spanish fishing sector, represented by CEPESCA, is calling on the European Union (EU) to support the fishing industry and maintain food sovereignty. The sector believes that the EU needs to take a decisive stand on its fishing fleet, as it generates 20% of the EU's total fishing production and leads in global turnover. CEPESCA is advocating for a review of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), simplification of regulations, and strengthening of the external dimension of the EU's fisheries policy. They are also pushing for scientific data to be trusted and for zones to be reopened for fishing. The sector is seeking a new political approach to European fishing that is based on reality and attractive to new generations.

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Spanish fishing sector calls for EU support. The Spanish fishing sector, grouped in the Spanish Fishing Confederation ( CEPESCA ), believes that the European Union (EU) must decide whether in the new political cycle , which will begin after the elections to the European Parliament on June 9 , it wants to have its own fishing fleet or leave the supply of fish to its citizens in the hands of third-party fishing powers and, consequently, renounce its food sovereignty over one of the highest quality proteins for human beings. The sector, which declares itself “cornered” by the decisions taken by European politicians over the last five years, will approach with this certainty a round of contacts with the representatives of the political parties participating in the European elections on 9 June to convey this concern to them, present their proposals and demands and offer all their collaboration in the face of the new legislature. In the opinion of the sector, the future representatives ...

Source: Fish Focus