Fishery: Recommendations for voting on fisheries subsidies

Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013

Fiskesubventioner sammanfattningOctober 23 the European parliament will vote on the fisherie subsidies, the so called European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Fish For the Future has developed a short summery of god and bad subsidies and recommendations on how the MEPs should vote. Click here to read the recommendations. For the summary on god and bad subsidies, click here.


The voting is the last opportunity to improve the proposal before the parliament starts negotiations with ministers. For more information about the impact of direct subsidies to the fishing fleet can read this brief guide: Beginners’ Guide to the Reform of EU Fish Subsidies.

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