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Small-scale fishing fleets make up the bulk of the EU fleet but receive only a fraction of fishing quotas (Photo: Wikimedia commons)

Commission sets out plan to avert fishing becoming 'folklore' past

After more than a year of talks with the fishing industry and social and business representatives, the EU Commission presented its vision for the future of the sector during a conference in Brussels on Tuesday (14 January).

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

Small-scale fishing fleets make up the bulk of the EU fleet but receive only a fraction of fishing quotas (Photo: Wikimedia commons)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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