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Parliamentary question - E-006179/2020Parliamentary question
E-006179/2020
European Parliament

Spanish Government’s draft act on combatting climate change creating legal uncertainty for the aquaculture sector

13.11.2020

Answer in writing

Question for written answer  E-006179/2020
to the Commission
Rule 138
Francisco José Millán Mon (PPE)

EU aquaculture production currently covers just 10% of domestic demand, with the rest covered by third country imports, mainly from Asia. Despite its potential, EU aquaculture production has shrunk by 2% since 2007.

According to the Commission’s strategic guidelines[1] and a Parliament study[2], two of the obstacles to the growth of the aquaculture sector are the complex authorisation procedures and the short administrative concessions. An example of this legal uncertainty facing the aquaculture sector is demonstrated by the current situation in Spain[3].

Article 18.4 of the Spanish Government’s climate change draft act on combatting climate change[4] threatens the viability of many companies located on the coast. In Galicia alone this reform would force some 100 companies engaged in aquaculture and other sea-to-industry chain operations to move far away from the coast or renew their concessions for under a year.

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