MADRID, 1 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Canary Islands Coalition has registered two non-law proposals in Congress to ask the acting Government to compensate 100% of the cost of maritime and air transport of goods and to increase the quota for artisanal tuna fishing - known as bigeye or bigeye tuna. large-- up to 4,500 tons for the islands.

Regarding the costs of transporting goods between the islands, the peninsula and the European Union, the training explains that these have increased up to 300% due to factors such as covid, the escalation of oil prices or the invasion of Ukraine .

Despite this panorama, the Canarian nationalists allege that the Executive "refuses to update the standard costs", so that the island companies cannot benefit from 100% real compensation, as stipulated in article 7 of the Economic Regime. and Prosecutor of the Canary Islands.

For this reason, the deputy of the Canary Coalition, Cristina Valido, signs a non-legal proposal to demand that the Government modify and update the standard costs of transport in the Canary Islands and that 100% compensation of the effective and real cost of transport is guaranteed. maritime and air cargo and determine the standard costs for each journey, on an annual basis in a "transparent" manner.

In addition to this proposal, the Canarian Coalition has registered another non-legal proposal to urge the Government to increase the quota for artisanal prickly pear fishing. The Ministry of Agriculture published a ministerial order on April 24 to regulate fishing for this species in the Atlantic Ocean, in addition to establishing a census of vessels authorized to fish for it.

In the opinion of the Canary Islands formation, integrated into the mixed group of Congress, the criteria used by the department led by Luis Planas "discriminates against the Canary Islands fleet, in its entirety." Specifically, the Coalition thinks that the Government has favored an industrial and "unsustainable" fishery, instead of applying the criteria of the EU fisheries policy, which is based on sustainable criteria for fishing resources and the marine environment. .

For these reasons, the training also urges the Government to bring forward the opening of tuna fisheries to the beginning of January of each year and leave them open throughout the year, so that each fishing boat plans its fishing season according to its needs and not saturate the market.