Tag: EU fishing fleets

• Wednesday, August 19th 2015 - 07:46 UTC

  Extra funds for decommissioning Galician vessels and reduce fishing effort

  

  Funds for decommissioning fishing vessels during 2015 have increased by 12.9 million Euros to 23.2m Euros, according to what was reported by the Xunta of Galicia (north-west Spain) Ministry of Rural and Marine Affairs.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2011 - 16:15 UTC

  EU sustainable fishing fails because of fleet overcapacity, says Court of Auditors

  

  The European Court of Auditors, evaluating whether EU measures have contributed to adapting the capacity of EU fishing fleets to available fishing opportunities concluded that current measures have “failed” mostly blaming the ongoing overcapacity of the fishing fleet.