Andalusia, Spain rejects the EU fishing agreement for 2022 for setting unaffordable cuts for the fleet
Spain
Published Dec 15, 2021
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The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development, Carmen Crespo, has pointed out from Brussels that the agreement on the possibilities for fishing in 2022 reached by the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries of the European Union generates "concern" for the Andalusian sector , "especially for the future of the Mediterranean trawl fleet". Crespo has lamented the "insensitivity" and has criticized a certain indolence on the part of the European Commission in a context of maximum difficulty for a very vulnerable sector. "There must be environmental sustainability, but at the same time labor and social sustainability for Mediterranean ships and fishing ports," argued the counselor, who recalled that the effects caused by the pandemic are added to the increase in the costs of production and, now, a reduction in fishing opportunities. With regard to the Gulf of Cádiz, the negotiations have resulted in an improvement over the initial approach of the European ...
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