News & reports from the farmsubsidy.org network
When crime pays
March 8, 2011.New data reveals how the EU subsidises fishing vessels that break the law
European public backs fishsubsidy.org
Oct. 31, 2012.An EU-wide poll finds strong public backing for key fishsubsidy.org policy recommendations
Time for transparency in fish subsidies
March 19, 2013.Journalists and activists urge EU institutions to back a new, improved transparency system for fisheries funds.
Slipping through the net
Sept. 16, 2009.European Union countries are failing in the promise to make the common fisheries policy more transparent, according to a new report by Brigitte Alfter.
Data on European Fisheries Fund payments
March 15, 2012.Explore new data on fisheries subsidies under the European Fisheries Fund
Spanish version launched
June 7, 2010.Half the EU’s spending on fish subsidies goes to Spain. Now this website is available Spanish.
First modernised, then scrapped
Sept. 12, 2010.How the EU subsidises the scrapping of fishing vessels it previously paid to be modernised.
Italian illegal driftnets
Dec. 10, 2010.Research reveals lawbreaking by the Italian driftnet fleet, and abuse of an EU funded driftnet conversion scheme