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Hervé Berville, Secretary of State for the Sea, announced the reduction of 13 cents per liter of fuel as part of an energy transition plan during the Fisheries Conference in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), Friday September 22. The fishermen left the room after this announcement.
The announcement of the end of fuel aid on October 15 does not go down well with fishermen. Kylian Masson, fisherman in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) uses 1,500 liters of diesel per week. To anticipate high bills, he decided to sell his trawler purchased three years earlier. “If you remove the diesel, URSSAF and charges, there is nothing left at the end of the month”he laments.
Hervé Berville announced an energy transition plan at the Assises de la Pêche
To adapt fishing vessels that are very fuel-intensive, Hervé Berville, Secretary of State for the Sea, announced an energy transition plan during the Fisheries Conference in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), Friday September 22. With a reduction of 13 cents per liter, financed by TotalEnergies. The fishermen do not find what they are looking for and denounce their precarious conditions. The French fleet has decreased by more than 25% in 20 years.