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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9276
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/fisheries

Parliament calls for ambitious aid and other measures to help fishermen out of current crisis - Joe Borg responds to criticism

Strasbourg, 29/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 28 September, the European Parliament called for aid and ambitious measures to help the fishing industry out of the current crisis. It recommends the setting up of a fund to help fishermen pay for fuel, cofunded from the EU's budget, tax perks for EU ships fishing in the high seas, and an EU aid programme for small coastal fishing and family fishing. Some MEPs accused EU Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg of trying to take advantage of the current...

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