Brussels, 13/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament (EP) opposes the call from most MEPs for further aid for fishermen to help them meet the high cost of fuel (see EUROPE 10377).
“Subsidising fishing boats' fuel, which is already tax-exempt, is simply encouraging a repeat of a type of fishing and an energy system that have proved not fit for purpose. Subsidies to the fisheries sector should firstly be directed towards conversion aid for forms of fishing,...