Italian MEP joins calls for dedicated EU fisheries and aquaculture funding beyond 2027

Speaking to misPeces, the Lega representative and substitute member of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee warned that placing the sector within a single broader fund could weaken its visibility and ability to address specific investment needs.

Cisint argued that aquaculture remains well below its productive and economic potential in both Italy and the wider European Union. She linked future growth to greater investment certainty and a substantial reduction in administrative burdens, saying that fishers, aquaculture producers and shellfish farmers “cannot continue to live more from paperwork than from fish or shellfish”.

She also called for closer coordination between Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Malta, arguing that Mediterranean production systems face different geographical, market and competitive conditions from those in northern Europe. Her comments do not represent an agreed budgetary position, but they add to pressure for fisheries and aquaculture to retain a clearly identifiable place in the EU’s post-2027 financial framework.