Cyprus has amended its ‘operational programme’ for the implementation of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) to reallocate € 1.6 million of public funds to compensate fishing companies for financial losses resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Commission announced on Wednesday 9 September (see EUROPE B12538A8, B12551A28).
Cyprus has therefore decided to reallocate this EMFF money to help fishermen and aquaculture farmers to live better in these difficult times...