IRELAND’S EU FISHING SUBSIDIES REDUCED FOR 2007-13
September 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has unveiled its operational programme for the European Fisheries Fund in Ireland, announcing that the European Union (EU) would be spending Euro 42.2 million on the Irish fishing sector from 2007-13. The EU spending is a significant reduction from the Euro 70 million spent in Ireland under the old Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance from 2000-2006. A Commission note said the new spending would "build on the success of the previous programme" by underpinning a "viable fisheries sector that respects ...
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