Notice on Temporary Termination of Fisheries Activities Plan.

This Notice announces the Temporary Termination of Fisheries Activities Plan of Operational Program Sea 2014-2020, art. 33 of Measure 1.9. The Department of Fisheries and Marine Research informs interested fishermen that it is accepting applications for inclusion of proposals within the above Plan. The purpose of the Plan is to mitigate the effects of the spread of the Covid 19 epidemic and adversely affect the work of fishermen in financial terms, due to market disruption and reduced demand on the part of consumers. Beneficiaries of the Plan are: a) natural persons, fishermen, who are holders of coastal fishing licence category A or category B; b) natural or legal persons, who are owners of boats for which they hold a versatile fishing licence with boats ≥ 12 m. Beneficiaries must be owners of fishing boats that are registered as active (active fishing license) and have been engaged in fishing activities at sea for at least 120 days during the years 2018 and 2019. The implementation of the Plan will be for two months (April, May) and the payment of the financing will be made in corresponding monthly installments, depending on the number of months that the applicant wishes to join the Plan. The minimum period for the application of the temporary suspension is one month, provided that the applicant has informed of his wish not to continue with a temporary suspension before the end of this month. Applications can be submitted to the standard application form from 10 April 2020 to 16 April 2020 at the TATHE District Offices.