Statement by the chair of the EP Committee on Fisheries on stricken fishing vessel in the Falkland Islands

Following the incident that forced the Argos Georgia's crew to abandon the boat near the Falkland Islands, the chair of the Committee on Fisheries Carmen Crespo (EPP, ES) said:

"On my first day as chair of Parliament's fisheries committee, my thoughts are with the missing fishermen in the Falkland Islands and their families. We sincerely hope their rescue is completed soon.

In these difficult times, the Committee on Fisheries offers its solidarity with the Galician people, so closely linked to the fishing sector and from which several of the missing crew members of the ship Argos Georgia come.

This accident highlights the harshness of fishing activity and the sacrifice and risk that sea professionals experience".

• Raquel Ramalho LOPES

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