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Pomorskie: End of protest of recreational fishermen on the road in Władysławów
Author:Mariusz Dasiewicz
For about five hours, recreational fishermen blocked the way out of Władysławów (Pomorskie) to the Hel Peninsula on Saturday. Protesters passed the pedestrian crossing and every 15-20 minutes, in collaboration with the police, they passed the cars.
The demonstration of several dozen fishermen began at around 9 a.m. and ended before 14 a.m.
As PAP said, the press officer of the Puck County Police Command st. post Monika Mularska, the protest of fishermen had a calm course.
This is the second protest of recreational fishermen in Pomerania. A week ago, they blocked the entrances to Leba and Utka.
"In view of the tragic situation of recreational fishermen, we decided to resume the protest. To this day, the signed agreement with the then maritime minister Mark Grobarczyk was not implemented. In all Polish ports there are ships that will no longer return to the profession. Sea wind farms in the Baltic are taking away our only fisheries and the ban on cod will be extended. Shipowners have decided to block coastal towns from the mainland, let this drastic form draw the attention of the government" - said the Emergency Staff of Fishermen in a message sent to the media.
They stressed that "if the government does not want to talk to us, we will block all coastal cities simultaneously and until the end of the day."
On 16 January 2020, the Ministry signed an agreement with the Emergency Staff of Recreational Shipowners, which, as the Ministry reported, ended the protest and assumed support for the industry in connection with the EU's ban on cod in the Baltic Sea.
In May, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and IWT reported that due to the pandemic and its high expenditure, there is no possibility of increasing aid to the struggling recreational shipowners who fished cod. During the meeting, representatives of the Ministry confirmed that 20 million PLN will be allocated to aid to shipowners, which means about 200 thousand PLN of support for each shipowner.
Protesting recreational fisherman Waldemar Giżanowski from the Port of Kołobrzeg told PAP that 13 million PLN was paid to fishermen from the promised assistance of the ministry. He added that the amount proposed by the ministry is small and compensation for the recreational fishermen industry should amount to PLN 70 million.
Written by Robert Pietrzak/PAP
