00:03That's the reason that I am here.
00:08I know, of course, that the fisheries sector in Sicily faces a lot of challenges.
00:15But the purpose of my visit here is to discuss with the stakeholders
00:22to see the real situation on the ground.
00:25And listen to the concerns, the ideas, the suggestions of the local stakeholders.
00:38And through this feedback that we will receive from the stakeholders
00:43to enrich our policymaking.
00:47The European Fisheries, Maritime and Aquaculture Fund
00:52provides the means and the resources for supporting this kind of investments
01:06and expenses.
01:08And I have to say that here in Sicily, there are available funds.
01:18The absorption of the available funds through the European Maritime Fisheries
01:27and Aquaculture Fund in Sicily is very slow.
01:31And I urge the regional and the national authorities to collaborate with the local stakeholders
01:42and the fishers and accelerate the absorption of the available resources.
01:49It will be very pity if, at the end of the day,
01:57you will be forced to return unused, unutilized funds.
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