There are news in the calendar of the temporary cessation of fishing with the provisions on the subject of mandatory temporary interruption for 2021. The decree was signed by the undersecretary for agricultural policies Francesco Battistoni and is now being registered with the supervisory bodies.
"It is an apparently routine decree, but very important for the sector - declares the undersecretary - and this year it was highly anticipated because it will introduce several new features".
Battistoni explains that "he has accepted the requests now defined as traditional, such as those of the Ligurian and Tuscan companies to interrupt the activity in October or those of the Upper Adriatic to continue the stoppage beyond 30 days, reducing a part of the additional days; new requests , also welcomed by some Lazio navy to bring forward the temporary arrest period to June 12, in order to better protect marine resources and with them the profitability of businesses ".
The undersecretary also points out that he has started an enhancement process for the bottom shrimp supply chain, adding that "the government has also paid attention to the crews, who will be able to benefit from the social measures of the Ministry of Labor". , the ministry has provided for the identification of the units that carry out the annual deep-sea shrimp campaign, while the activation of the "social measure in support of income" is foreseen for embarked seafarers who carry out the temporary interruption. (HANDLE).