Spain: The Junta de Andalucía expands the aid lines for fishing and aquaculture to reach 9.5 million euros

Published 2023년 1월 8일

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The Ministry of Agriculture in Seville, Spain, has allocated a total of 9.5 million euros in aid to the fishing and aquaculture sectors. The aid is designed to offset the financial impact of European Commission cuts and challenges such as increased production, fuel, and energy costs due to the Ukraine war. The aid will be distributed to 1,419 Andalusian fishing boats and 73 marine aquaculture companies, with the application process being streamlined and documentation requirements waived. The aid will be disbursed in the first quarter of 2023.

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SEVILLE, 8 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) - The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has approved a package of direct aid for fishing and aquaculture for an amount of 9.5 million euros, of which 6.5 are for fishing and three are for aquaculture companies. "Following the decisions taken by the European Commission on restrictions on Andalusian fishing, we make this amount of aid available to the sector so that it can face a situation that does not look rosy", stressed the counselor Carmen Crespo. Specifically, the head of Fisheries has pointed out in a press release that the cuts by the European Commission mean that 64% of the boats in the Mediterranean remain below 150 days of fishing, "which means that these families will receive in 2023 a third of his salary". Likewise, the red shrimp suffers a "grievance" because the European Union (EU) applies a 5% cut "for the first time", a quota that did not exist and that will cause "important losses". For its part, the ...

Source: europapress