strong effect Felt in Irish and French ports With the UK leaving the European Union under the so-called Brexitover three years ago, It will claim about 150 ships concentrated in both countries, and Twenty-Seven will lose over the next few months. Both Paris and Dublin approved each aid in the last days and weeks Scrapping 90 and 57 fishing boats respectively, as a result of their loss of quota with the British march. Measurement, in the context of irreparable damage, It is already seen by some Galician shipowners as the only solution to the disastrous consequences of the bottom fishing veto promoted by the European Commission (EC). Some recently demanded this in statements to FARO, Wanting to reflect the aforementioned model on the Galician coast: “This is all we have and this is what we want. If the fleet shrinks, maybe someone will be interested in staying. Or we’ll all die.”
The truth is that France and Ireland will subsidize with 145 million the Low these ships – in the case of Macron’s country, the majority of them are linked to the Brittany region –, The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has not yet made a decision on whether or not the said aid will be given, how much they will cost, which ships they will be diverted to… Among other issues.
“We need to examine each type of catch, see how they’re doing, and plan for possible scrapping.” Ignacio Gandarias, General Manager of Fisheries and Fisheries, insisted on the “IX ARVI International Conference on the Future of Fisheries” organized by Vigo Shipowners Cooperative last July and stated by its general manager Edelmiro Ulloa. To scrap a calculation of 22 ships, Vigo shipowners alone would need 30.5 million worth of support.
from Xunta, The Consellería do Mar, for its part, underlined the following yesterday, answering questions from this newspaper: “Assist for the movement of ships is a measure to be considered to restructure the industry in difficult circumstances such as the bottom fishing veto set by the European Commission” although he argues that for the fleet to be profitable and ensure its viability, the priority must be “to make decisions and to have more ambitious measures and conditions” so that displacements are as small as possible”.
“The issue is not the amount of aid, but making the different aspects of fleet management more flexible. benefiting from tonnage, the driving force of heights, while promoting its sustainability”, qualified the department chaired by Rosa Quintana, who advocated the measures. “supporting generation change” Stating that he has been working to “minimize ship movements as much as possible” since 2009, “When the proposal to move more than 90 ships came in and it was reduced by about a third”.