Europe: The fishing sector starts the EC cycle with a campaign in favour of trawling

Published 2024년 12월 3일

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Pesca España, the organization representing Spain's fishing industry, has launched a campaign titled 'Fishing that knows' to promote trawling and highlight its positive impact on food sovereignty. The campaign aims to address consumer dialogue and dispel misconceptions about trawling's environmental impact. The industry, which includes 8,549 boats and generates 181,000 jobs, is facing challenges like potential quota reductions and proposals to reduce trawlers' days at sea. Post-Brexit negotiations on the northern hake quota and the need for EU-UK agreement on fisheries are upcoming challenges. Pesca España is hopeful for a change in EU policies, particularly the Community Fisheries Policy, to support the sector and facilitate generational change. The campaign also emphasizes the need for decarbonization measures, which are currently not supported by the Community Fisheries Policy.

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Pesca España, the entity that brings together the main fishing organisations in the country, has presented a campaign this Tuesday to highlight the importance of trawling, coinciding with the inauguration of the new European Commission (EC) that gives "hope" to the fleet in a change of course. The campaign, with the slogan 'Fishing that knows', has been presented at an informative breakfast at the EFE Agency, in which the heads of Pesca España have taken stock of the year and the priorities of the sector for 2025 and for the new legislature of the European Union (EU). It is an initiative of Pesca España, together with the Organisations of Fisheries Producers (OPP) 3 and 4 of the port of Vigo, which group together the freezer vessels and the Gran Sol fleet, respectively. The heads of Pesca España have presented the campaign to the media less than a week before the celebration of the EU Council of Ministers at the end of the year that will negotiate the quotas for 2025, in which the ...

Source: PEefeagro