Brussels, 27/08/2015 (Agence Europe) - In response to a written question on the reduction in the number of fishing vessels in the EU, European Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella said on Wednesday 26 August that the preliminary figures contained in the European maritime and fisheries fund (EMFF) operational programmes submitted so far to the Commission indicate that the number of permanent cessation applications to be financed by the EMFF should fall by 60%.
Vella confirmed, too, that...