FISH SUBSIDIES
July 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed Euro 15 million a year in subsidies are made to the fishing industries of the Azores and Madeira, (part of Portugal), Spain's Canary Islands and the French departments of Guyana and Reunion. Brussels says they need compensation because they are part of the EU but far from European markets.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed Euro 15 million a year in subsidies are made to the fishing industries of the Azores and Madeira, (part of Portugal), Spain's Canary Islands and the French departments of Guyana and Reunion. Brussels says they need compensation because they are part of the EU but far from European markets.
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