VOX asks in Congress for aid to the Norway lobster fishing in Huelva after the EU restrictions

Published 2022년 12월 22일

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Spanish national deputy, Tomás Fernández, has raised two questions in the Congress of Deputies regarding the Spanish Government's plans to aid the fishing sector in Huelva, specifically the Norway lobster trawling fleet, in the face of new European Union restrictions that have led to a 36% cut in catches for 2023. This industry, which operates more than fifty vessels and is vital to the economy of Isla Cristina and Punta del Moral, is at risk of overexploitation as fishermen are forced to shift their focus to other species due to the lobster catch restrictions. Fernández's questions aim to address the potential impact on other fisheries and the government's plans to mitigate these effects.

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The national deputy of VOX for Huelva, Tomás Fernández, has registered two questions on Wednesday in the Congress of Deputies to find out if the Government of Spain plans to help the fishing sector dedicated to Norway lobster in the province of Huelva due to the restrictions of the European Union . Fernández asks the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if "it plans to articulate some type of specific aid for the trawling fleet dedicated to Norway lobster fishing in the province of Huelva, given the new 36% cut in the catches of said species, decreed by the European Union for 2023″. The national deputy also formulates a question to find out if the Government plans to take measures "so that said cut does not end up finally affecting the overexploitation in the Gulf of Cádiz of other species on which the fleet will have to focus from now on dedicated to date to the capture of the Norway lobster». In the explanatory statement, Fernández recalls that "the Norway lobster ...

Source: Agrodiario Huelva