EC ALLOCATES FISHERIES FUND HANDOUTS TO EU MEMBER STATES
October 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH fishermen have been allocated one of the smaller national envelopes of money from the incoming European Fisheries Fund (EFF), whose money has now been split amongst European Union (EU) member states by the European Commission. Out of the Euro 3.8 billion available from 2007 to 2013, only Euro 122 million has been allocated to the UK. By contrast, Spain commands the largest envelope - around Euro 1 billion goes to its fishermen. Polish fleets are also treated well - Euro 651 million; as are Italian fishing businesses - Euro 376 million; ...
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