The Government will finance the measures required to guarantee fishing activity in the Mediterranean

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Luis Planas, announced on Monday, December 16, that the Government will finance "one hundred percent" of the technical measures decided in Brussels last week to allow Mediterranean fishermen to continue working the same days in 2025.

The head of Agriculture assured in an interview with the television of Castilla-La Mancha that he has "continued in contact" with the European Commission (EC) after last week's negotiations and that this is "great news" that will provide "tranquility" and "serenity" to the fishing sector. He also noted that funding for nets, flying doors, and other measures will be made with European and national funds.

After the complicated fishing agreement on 2025 quota distributions, the Ministry has advanced that it will "advance" to the Mediterranean trawler fleet "sufficient sea days" so that they can work in the first half of 2025 while they agree on the definitive annual days, with the "certainty" that they will maintain their activity.