Small-scale coastal fishing (budget heading B2-521)

The Committee on Fisheries also adopted the report by Mr Joan VALLVE on small-scale coastal fishing in the European Community. This report follows on from a Commission communication on the evaluation of projects implemented in 1995 under the new budgetary heading created in order to assist this sector, as called for by the European Parliament. Mr VALLVE emphasized that the European Parliament had always attached a great deal of importance to this sector and considered that the amount of ECU 3 million allocated was truly derisory. The report called for an action programme supported by a sound legal basis so that appropriate measures could be taken in the future.�