Dear diesel, fishing boats stop in Sicily – Video

“From this morning the Sicilian seafarers of Portopalo, Syracuse, Marzamemi, Scoglitti, of the province of Messina, Cefalù, Sciacca, are all stopped due to the expensive diesel fuel. Even a part of that of Catania has already joined and another part will shortly. We can no longer bear the costs “. This was stated to AdnKronos by Fabio Micalizzi, president of the Sicilian shipowners’ federation. “The diesel – he adds – has reached one euro and twenty and we ask the central government to put a cap on the price of fuel beyond which we must not go, otherwise there is enormous speculation”. “We also ask – Micalizzi highlights – that a fact-finding investigation be opened by the Prosecutor’s Office in order to establish any responsibility for speculation”. Finally, the president of the Sicilian Shipowners’ Federation recalls that “if before there were boats that spent 2-3 thousand euros on fuel, now they spend much more than twice as much. It is no longer tolerable. The fishing system in Sicily and in the rest of Italy goes towards bankruptcy. Fishing – he concludes – is a sector that is now dead “. (by Francesco Bianco)