{"id":12172,"date":"2026-06-22T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:14:00","slug":"margaritis-schinas-a-comprehensive-response-to-the-problems-facing-the-greek-fishing-industry-is-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12172","title":{"rendered":"Margaritis Schinas: A Comprehensive Response to the Problems Facing the Greek Fishing Industry Is Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<strong> need<\/strong> for a comprehensive and substantive response to the problems facing the Greek fishing industry was emphasized by the Minister of Rural Development and Food,\u00a0Margaritis Schinas, upon his arrival at<strong> the EU Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries<\/strong> taking place in <b>Brussels<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>As he emphasized, <b>fisheries <\/b>constitute the \u201c<b>backbone<\/b>\u201d of Greece\u2019s coastal and island regions, noting that the sector is facing a series of serious challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Among these, Mr. Schinas cited <b>the high cost of fuel, <\/b>which, he said, has grounded a large portion of the fishing fleet, as well as the spread of invasive species, such as<strong> rabbitfish<\/strong>, which pose a threat to Greek waters.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he highlighted the consequences of <b>climate change,<\/b> as well as competition from third countries that do not adhere to the same standards as those applicable to European fishermen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these pressures on the Greek <b>fishing industry <\/b>make a comprehensive <b>response<\/b> imperative,\u201d noted Mr. Schinas.<\/p>\n<p>As he announced,<strong> this coming Thursday <\/strong>a broad meeting will be held at the ministry with the participation of representatives of the Greek fishing industry.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the meeting, according to the <strong>Minister of Rural Development and Food<\/strong>, is to jointly formulate substantive and convincing responses to the problems facing the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;emphasized the need for a comprehensive and substantive response to the problems facing the Greek fishing industry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12172","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\/12172","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=12172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}