On Friday 4 November, the European Commission adopted the Italian programme implementing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF).
The total amount of public funding is €987.2 million for the next 6 years, of which €518.2 million comes from the EU budget.
49% of the funds (€466.85 million in EU funding) are allocated to the fund’s number one priority (sustainable fisheries), including helping Italy to end the practice of discarding fish, reducing overcapacity in some fleets (€61.5 million planned) and improving fisheries control and data collection (€86 million).
€340.4 million is dedicated to aquaculture development and the rest will be spent on the sustainable blue economy (€51.9 million) and on strengthening international ocean governance (€7 million).
More information on the Italian programme and the other national programmes approved by the European Commission: https://aeur.eu/f/3x4 (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)