The expensive diesel stops the fishermen. “Let’s go on strike for a week” – Economy

The fishing boats stop and we will hardly eat fish on our tables for at least a week. Already last night the fishing boats of the Italian navies did not leave the ports and will not do so until next Monday, due to the skyrocketing diesel fuel. A decision, signed by the Fishing Producers Association, taken in the assembly in Civitanova Marche and signed by the representatives of 80% of the Italian navy: “General strike for all – explain the experts -. The expensive diesel no longer allows to support the ‘fishing activity and the sector has decided to stop “. An emergency situation – the average price of diesel for fishing has doubled compared to last year – which pushes the representatives of the sector to seek concrete help from the government: “On Wednesday, the trade associations will be in Rome – explained Apollinare Lazzari, president of the Ancona Fisheries Producers Association – for a meeting at the Ministry “. The aim was to “let the fishing sector enter among those that will see support in the next decree”. The only alternative to economic refreshment, the fishermen argue, is to stay at the moorings. Without aid, “we will continue to stay on the ground. Thus, we can no longer work: the costs far outweigh the earnings”. In the offices of the Port Authorities, the documents of the boats will be delivered without disembarking the sailors: a way, according to the shipowners, to preserve the salaries of the employees. But the picture, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine which has increased the dose of the post-Covid crisis, has become even more worrying. The average price of diesel fuel for fishing, with the record increase between 90 and 100 percent compared to last year, forced Italian fishing boats to sail at a loss or cut their outputs. With a consequent greater use of fish imports. It is photography that …