The European Commission reported on Thursday 8 August that, in 2017, the EU fishing fleet registered a net profit of €1.30 billion, only slightly lower than the record €1.34 billion registered in 2016.
This is the conclusion of the 2019 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet, drawn up by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF).
While the EU fleet was generally profitable in 2017, four of the 22 fishing Member States - Finland, Germany, Malta and...