date:Apr 18, 2014
The European Parliament voted this week to adopt a EUR 6.5 billion budget for the next six years for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).
The 16 April decision sets the funding allocation in place to help implement the newly-revamped common fisheries policy (CFP), which the European Union and the European Commission use to set guidelines for fishing in its member states.
The parliament voted in reforms to the CFP last year, amid criticism from activist groups that the CFP was outda