{"id":11043,"date":"2026-06-16T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11043"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:59:00","slug":"freddy-beleris-on-rabbitfish-targeted-funding-for-fishermen-is-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11043","title":{"rendered":"Freddy Beleris on rabbitfish: Targeted funding for fishermen is needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The damage caused to <b>European and Greek fisheries <\/b>by the rapid spread of the rabbitfish was highlighted in a speech delivered by the New Democracy MEP at the plenary session of the European Parliament, <b>Freddy Beleris.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Mr. Beleris emphasized that \u201cthe rabbitfish decimates fish stocks, destroys fishing gear, and consequently increases the already high costs for our fishermen,&#8221; adding that \u201cthe European Parliament\u2019s resolution of March 10, 2026, on invasive alien species, for which I served as the EPP rapporteur, and the need <b>to revise the Common Fisheries Policy<\/b> are steps in the right direction. <b>But that is not enough!<\/b>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Beleris emphatically stated that \u201cthe <b>European Commission<i><\/i><\/b> must immediately ensure that more European funds are made available for the modernization of the fleet and the renewal of fishing equipment, <b>hoping that this will put an end to the abandonment of the profession<\/b>. Targeted funding is needed for the damage caused by cetaceans, invasive species, and plankton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFishermen are an integral part of European culture. They support remote and coastal areas, as well as our islands. We cannot leave them to fend for themselves,\u201d he concluded emphatically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a speech to the plenary session of the European Parliament, he highlighted the damage caused to European and Greek fisheries by the rapid spread of the rabbitfish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}