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Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution that calls for an increase in ‘de minimis’ subsidies from 30.000 Euro to 60.000 Euro for a three year term..
May, 2011
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Harmful subsidies to the fishing sector are not a long-term solution and have been shown to increase overfishing while offering only a marginal increase in profit.
May, 2011
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Spanish shipowners have requested subsidies to construct vessels that will operate outside EU waters.
December, 2010
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Manuel Antonio Vidal Pego, internationally condemned for IUU fishing, is an owner of Biomega Nutrición, the company receiving the financial aid
April, 2010
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Oceana is asking the European Commission to recover healthy ocean ecosystems and assure the enforcement of existing regulations
December, 2009
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Biomega Nutrición, partly owned by Manuel Antonio Vidal Pego, shall receive 3.9 million Euros to build a factory to produce Omega 3 out of fishliver oil, which often comes from vulnerable deepsea sharks
December, 2009
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Pescanova is planning an aquaculture plant in Cabo Touriñán, a protected Natura 2000 area in Spain. Oceana is campaigning against the authorisation of this project and asks the European Commission to not allow fishing giants access to subsidies
October, 2009
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The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is discussing measures against IUU fishing in Rome this week
March, 2009
