Malta Join calls for EU to increase fish farm funding

Malta joins 16 other European member states in calls for the EU to increase its funding for aquaculture. The call cites “a need to continue to give priority and support for investments aiming to fulfill market demand through increased aquaculture production, pointing out that the elimination of the traditional investment supports would have a serious adverse effect primarily on small and medium-sized enterprises”.

Aquaculture in Malta

The member states are calling for the European Union commission to reinstate the support for “sustainable productive investments in aquaculture such as fish farms and fish culture facilities (ponds, hatcheries, re-circulation systems) through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund”. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.