Aaron Mcloughlin has started a discussion: Fisheries Subsidies
"Who Gets the Fishing Subsidies:
The next major vote for CFP reform will be on fisheries subsidies. The draft text from Alain Cadec, French conservative member, is in support of status quo, and against the Commission's proposal.
The debate so far on CFP reform has been limited on the subsidies element. Has anyone in the group got information about who in their national fleet gets subsidies and what our money is being spent on? I have the information on the distant water fleet and what they have spent our money on. It would make a bailed out banker blush. It nearly all goes to vessels in Spain and Brittany. STECF did a good analysis a few years ago.
If any members of the group have more up to date information on what subsidies are being spent on please pass it on.
Best from sunny Brussels
Aaron
