A deadweight loss of turnover of at least 15 million euros for Italy's fisheries, with damage for fishermen and consumers.
This is the bill to be paid if the European Commission proposal that aims to reduce fishing activity in the Western Mediterranean by a further 15% in 2021 for trawl systems practiced in Liguria, Tuscany, Lazio, should go through. Campania, Calabria, north Sicily.
For the first time, Fedagripesca-Confcooperative made the accounts of the provision with ANSA.
They point out that this danger also affects Spain and France.
The first tangible result is an invasion into the tables of imported products, such as tiger prawns, Pacific clams and pangasius and fewer cod, pink prawns, red mullet and scampi. "At risk there are over 14 thousand days of work - explains Fedagripesca - but consumers would certainly have the greatest damage by selling a reduction in the supply of valuable species to the advantage of others, certainly cheaper, but with a much higher quality-price ratio. low, not to mention traceability ".