Expect higher fuel costs
‘Fuel costs make up an increasing part of total operating costs the fishing fleet, and this is likely to continue. Globally, there is a lack of energy, despite large investments…
‘Fuel costs make up an increasing part of total operating costs the fishing fleet, and this is likely to continue. Globally, there is a lack of energy, despite large investments…
Spanish industry body Cepesca has again asked the government to include the country’s deep-sea fleet in the initiative that provides fishing operators with a €0.20/litre fuel support to counteract the…
In a letter to Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Henk Staghouwer, Dutch associations VisNed, de Nederlandse Vissersbond and PO Delta South have requested support measures for the fleet. They…
Spain’s fishing industry, represented by the Spanish Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca), has voiced its disappointment at measures announced by the Government in response to the crisis in increased operating costs triggered…
The European Commission has activated new crisis measures to support the fishery and aquaculture sectors in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The crisis mechanism of the European Maritime,…
The partners in the fisheries supply chain – suppliers, auctions and trade/processing – have managed to hammer out a fuel price surcharge scheme, providing support to fishing companies that are…
A number of fishing vessels in Boulogne have been tied up this week, in an unprecedented response to the crippling increase in the price of diesel. The announcement by Prime…
Representatives of the European fisheries sector have met Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius to discuss responses to the sharp rise in energy and logistics prices following the invasion of Ukraine, warning that…
As fuel prices hit some dizzying new highs, fishing companies across Europe are looking for support from governments to deal with this unprecedented situation. In France meetings have been held…
A result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the spiralling price of fuel that has hit the energy market, according to Norwegian industry body Fiskebåt, which has written to…