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Coronavirus response: Further EU support to fisheries and aquaculture sectors
Supporting the EU fisheries and aquaculture sectors in tackling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the European Commission has proposed a new set of ambitious measures under the European Maritime & Fisheries Fund (EMFF).
“Europe’s fishermen and aquaculture farmers are used to fighting the elements. But the coronavirus is a different kind of storm.
The Commission therefore proposes a range of targeted actions addressing the urgent challenges that our seafood community faces.
These measures will help protecting thousands of jobs in the EU’s coastal regions and maintaining food security.”
Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
The package includes support for the temporary cessation of fishing activities due to coronavirus, support to aquaculture farmers for the suspension of production and additional costs, and support to producer organisations for the storage of fishery and aquaculture products. Additional amendments to the EMFF Regulation allow for more flexible reallocation of financial resources within the operational programmes of each Member State and a simplified procedure for amending operational programmes with respect to the introduction of the new measures.
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Källa: European Commission / Food, farming, fisheries / Fisheries / Press
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