Fishing

Fishermen's applications for compensation for the 2025 closure start

Operators will receive an all-inclusive daily allowance of up to EUR 30. Online applications can be submitted from 21 May to 30 June

by Giorgio dell'Orefice

21 May 2026

Al via le domande per il fermo pesca 2025 (AdobeStock)

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Online applications on the "Fermo Pesca" portal
La Pietra (Masaf): meeting workers' expectations
Coldiretti: now speed up the extension of the redundancy fund

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Green light for the submission of applications for the 2025 fishing halt. Applications will be submitted exclusively digitally on the 'Fermo Pesca' portal from noon on 21 May 2026 until the deadline of 30 June 2026.

An allowance of up to EUR 30 per day

This is prescribed by the Interministerial Decree (Economy, Labour and Agriculture) 19 May 2026 No. 1603, which recognises, for the year 2025 and therefore for fishing suspensions that have already taken place, to employees of maritime fishing enterprises 'an all-inclusive daily allowance up to a maximum amount of EUR 30 in case of suspension from work for compulsory and non-compulsory temporary cessation measures'.

Online applications on the 'Fermo Pesca' portal

'It will be necessary,' the decree goes on to prescribe, 'to submit a single application for each fishing unit present on the farm according to the procedure illustrated in the dedicated focus on the ministry's website'.

The procedure was initiated following the receipt of the interministerial decree countersigned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. At the same time, the measure was forwarded by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies to the control bodies for the relevant checks and will be published only after the control bodies have obtained their approval.

La Pietra (Masaf): meeting workers' expectations

"I thank the Ministers of the Economy and of Labour and Social Policies," commented the Undersecretary for Agriculture, Patrizio La Pietra, "for their work in bringing this process to fruition, which meets the just expectations of the workers in the sector, who with sacrifices and respect for the rules have complied with the compulsory and non-compulsory temporary cessation measures.

Coldiretti: now speed up the extension of the Cassa integrazione

"The go-ahead for the presentation of applications for allowances for the 2025 fishing ban," Coldiretti commented, "responds to Coldiretti Pesca's requests to guarantee the recognition of entitlements to workers in the sector, all the more so in view of the difficulties caused by the increase in energy costs linked to international tensions. "Now," added Coldiretti, "it is important to accelerate the extension of the Cisoa (cassa integrazione speciale operai agricoli) to the fishing sector, with the activation of immediate instruments of social protection. This intervention, which has already proved effective for the agricultural sector, would be a concrete and immediate response to counter the sharp reduction in the number of working days caused by the current economic situation".

A measure that gives oxygen to an industry with 25,000 employees

Fedagripesca is on the same wavelength. "A long-awaited measure," the trade association emphasised in a note, "that gives oxygen to a sector of over 25,000 employees and 18,000 boats, subject to biological stops from 30 to 42 days a year, with an economic impact estimated by the association at around 2.5-3 million euros of lost turnover per day at a national level."

The trade association emphasises, however, that the mechanism of daily restitutions, while fundamental, confirms the need to overcome the logic of emergency through the full implementation of the reform of social shock absorbers. With this in mind, Fedagripesca relaunches the importance of this year's Law 70, which explicitly calls for an institutional commitment to finally activate the Cisoa (agricultural workers' wage compensation fund) also for the fishing sector. 'The start of the channels for the 2025 allowance is an excellent sign of attention from the government and the relevant ministries,' commented Confcooperative Fedagripesca vice-president Paolo Tiozzo. 'Now, however, we need to accelerate to make the protection of workers structural. This year's Law 70 charts the regulatory course to extend Cisoa to our sector: it is the indispensable tool to give stability and dignity to seafarers, guaranteeing a certain safety net during periods of compulsory stoppage and overcoming bureaucratic delays

tics of the past'.

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