Schinas on the harassment of Greek fishermen by Turkey in the Aegean Sea: “It is a phenomenon that cannot be accepted”

Strong messages regarding harassment of Greek fishermen successful the Aegean were sent by Rural Development Minister Margaritis Schinas during his archetypal parliamentary connection since taking office, astatine today’s associated gathering of 3 committees, successful the beingness of European Fisheries Commissioner Kostas Kadis.

“We are peculiarly acrophobic to spot successful the Aegean Sea tactics of harassment and obstruction, precise often wrong the waters of the European Union,” Schinas said, without explicitly naming Turkey, adding: “This is simply a improvement that cannot beryllium accepted.”

At the aforesaid time, Schinas called for “much amended coordination, associated surveillance, and communal enforcement of rules by each coastal states,” noting that amerciable and unreported sportfishing remains 1 of the biggest challenges successful the Mediterranean.

New €16 cardinal backing for fishermen

The Minister of Rural Development announced caller backing of €16 cardinal for investments successful sportfishing vessels done the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Sea Programme 2021–2027.

The measure, helium said, volition enactment astir 400 nonrecreational fishermen and businesses successful the sector, with a absorption connected small-scale coastal sportfishing and land communities.

“We are financing investments that amended fishermen’s safety, moving and hygiene conditions connected committee vessels, the prime of catches, and wide the regular beingness of radical of the sea, without expanding unit connected marine resources,” helium noted.

“We volition basal up to predators and schemes”

Schinas besides referred to his greeting sojourn to the Keratsini food market. “We met Greece that wakes up early,” helium said, referring to radical who “through hard effort effort to marque a living.”

In this context, helium made it wide that helium would basal up to those who undermine the superior sector. The ministry “will basal against each schemes that purpose to undermine the effort of mean Greeks struggling successful the tract oregon successful livestock farming,” helium said.

The “three large operation sites”

The curate outlined the priorities for the coming period, referring to “three large operation sites” successful the superior sector.

The archetypal concerns the reorganization of the outgo strategy done the modulation of OPEKEPE to AADE, noting that helium and AADE Governor George Pitsilis person acceptable a timetable for the twelvemonth truthful farmers cognize what to expect from the outset.

The 2nd is the caller Common Agricultural Policy and Europe’s caller accumulation strategy up to 2034. “Greece must—and volition be—present determination with seriousness, a plan, and confidence,” helium said.

The 3rd concerns the combat against zoonotic diseases and caller wellness threats: “Sheep pox, foot-and-mouth illness successful Lesvos, and the caller pressures being created amusement that changeless vigilance, cooperation, and accelerated effect are required.”

In this context, the ministry submitted caller amendments to enactment livestock farmers successful Lesvos and introduced a aviator task for the implementation of tagging measures that volition amended traceability of Greek livestock.