Fish catch . File photoBELGRADE, Jun 7 Fishing in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Croatia has become unprofitable for local vessels due to rising fuel prices, Antonio Šunic, head of the Split-Dalmatia County fishermen's association, said.Government Croatia on Monday for 30 days doubled the reduction in excise taxes from March 7, the maximum retail price of diesel now amounted to 13.08 kunas (about 1.74 euros) per liter, gasoline — 13.5 kunas (1.8 euros) per liter, diesel fuel — 9.45 kuna (1.26 euros). The Cabinet of Ministers also fixed the margin of sellers of oil products up to 0.75 lipa (about 0.1 eurocents) per liter of gasoline and up to 0.5 kuna per liter of diesel fuel for agricultural machinery.
The expert told which countries of the world have the cheapest gasoline»Nine and a half kunas per liter (diesel oil) is still a lot for us, this price leaves no reason to go to sea. Last year it was 3.5 kunas (about 0.46 euros per liter of diesel fuel), we were profitable, and in this — 9.5 kunas. It became unprofitable as soon as the price exceeded 5.5-6 kunas per liter. four people work on each vessel (trawler), and 8 people on seiners,» the head of the regional fishing association said on the air of Croatian national television. He noted that the increase in the price of caught fish cannot rise as sharply as the price fuel due to the purchasing power of citizens.» We would have to equalize prices with the European market, where the fish is 2-3 times more expensive than ours,” Shunich pointed out. The US and the EU figured out how to buy Russian oil
