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Agriculture grants aid to fishing boat owners to compensate for the increase in the price of diesel due to the war in Ukraine

 

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has approved the concession and has processed the payment of 2,230,500 euros corresponding to the aid to the shipowners of the maritime fishing vessels of the Valencian Community, in order to compensate for the increase in the price of diesel, as a result of the war in Ukraine.

 

In total, 346 applications have been approved out of a total of 396 presented by owners of fishing vessels based in the Valencian Community. By province: in Alicante 176 applications have been approved for an amount of 1,436,048 euros, in Castellón 113 applications have been approved for a total amount of 564,659 euros and in Valencia 54 have been approved, for an amount of 229,791 euros.

 

These aids were announced last August and have subsidized the extra cost of diesel during the months of July to December 2022, depending on the days of activity of each ship, the gross tons or the capacity of the ship, and a estimate of consumption by art and fisherman. All the boats have been able to access these aids, regardless of the modality, which is why, in addition to the circle and drag, the smaller arts have also entered.

 

Trawlers built in wood

The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, José Luis Aguirre, insists on another measure proposed to stabilize the situation in the sector, affected by the reduction of fishing days, consisting in the selective scrapping of trawlers built of wood .

 

These are more than thirty boats from the Valencian Community for which there are no longer shore carpenters to repair them. In addition, there is a lot of reluctance on the part of insurers.

 

Aguirre recalls that the Mediterranean today is a sea out of balance and Brussels has "tightened the pegs" to an unsustainable point (120 days/year of fishing effort). So the stock market of almost 4,000 days means a faster recovery and a higher distribution of days to go fishing.