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Deep-sea vessel scrapping aid extended
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A trawler at a shipyard in Las Palmas, Canary Islands. (Photo: Stock File)
Deep-sea vessel scrapping aid extended
SPAIN
Monday, July 23, 2012, 04:50 (GMT + 9)
The Ministry for Rural and Marine Affairs of Xunta de Galicia decided to extend the amount of aids for scrapping Galician deep-sea fishing vessels for this year.
According to the order published in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG), the initial appropriation of over EUR 7.9 million is added to EUR 2,050,000.
The application deadline will not be re-opened so the 14 ships that were left out of the previous call — when nine ships were selected – can opt to receive the aids for the permanent cessation of their activity.
The regional government decided to extend the initial loan as a consequence of the crisis in the fisheries sector and of the effort to adjust the fleet capacity to the available marine resources.
The Galician Executive announced last May that nine large ships from Galicia having large dimensions were selected to be scrapped throughout 2012 in exchange for almost EUR 8 million in grants.
Initially, 23 offshore vessels based in Galicia chose to receive these grants.
Most of the selected vessels were based on the province of A Coruña (five) while two of them were operating from Lugo and the two remaining ships were from the province of Pontevedra.
The port that had the highest number of applications was that of Vigo (nine), which was followed by Celeiro (four), A Coruña (three), Ribeira (two) and A Guarda, Burela, Cariño, Malpica and Muros, with only one request each.
Last June, the regional government allocated EUR 2.8 million for scrapping 27 vessels fishing inshore vessels of Galicia.
On the other hand, eight EU Member States — Spain, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia — this week asked the European Commission (EC) for the maintenance of aid for fleet renewal, including the subsidies for the scrapping of vessels.
Related article:
– Eight European countries require keeping scrapping aid
By Analia Murias
editorial@fis.com
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