Posts Tagged ‘European and Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF)’
Scottish Government says £62m in fisheries support is needed after Brexit
Scotland should receive at least £62 million annually to replace the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) from next year, according to Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism in the Scottish Government. Ewing raised the issue at an EU Exit Operations meeting last week and has now written to Secretary of State…
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THE European Union’s fisheries commissioner, Karmenu Vella, said he is fully committed to a large scale expansion of aquaculture by member states. Speaking at the 50th anniversary of the European Fisheries Partnership in Brussels, he said he was proud that the EU, through the European and Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF), had provided fishing grants amounting…
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