The government renewed this year the subsidy to the fisheries sector by reducing the final price of petrol and the LPG, with budget coverage up to 800,000 euros, according to a diploma published today in Diário da República.
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19/08/2026
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ANDin 2026, a grant was granted under the de minimis aid to the fisheries sector, which corresponds to a reduction in the final price of petrol and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumed in small-scale artisanal and coastal fishing, small-farming and salt-farming, “equivalent to the reduction in the rate applicable to diesel consumed in fishing”, reads in Ordinance 350/2026/1.
The payment of this subsidy shall be borne by the budget of the Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services (DGRM) up to a maximum of EUR 800,000.
The support is intended for persons and companies engaged in small-scale and coastal fishing, who are shipowners of vessels registered in the mainland fishing fleet with a valid licence, and who use petrol or LPG as fuel on the engine installed on board.
Individuals and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises having a Title of Aquaculture Activity on the continent, whose average production volume declared in the production registers of the last three years is less than 20 tonnes, which own local auxiliary vessels or coastal auxiliaries to support their activity, in which gasoline or LPG are used as fuel.
Another option is to own equipment such as motorcycle pumps, generators, motorboats, motorboats, high-pressure washers, crane engine, bivalve stringing machine engine, load mount, machine engine to choose/calibrate or other attachments to the operation.
Individuals and micro and small and medium-sized enterprises holding a licence to operate saliculture establishments and own equipment such as agricultural tractors, crane engine, high pressure pumps or rotating machinery are also included in the aid.
Applications shall be made to DGRM or to the Electronic Sea Desk (BMar) by 15 September.
Where the amount of the subsidy is less than EUR 25, the payment shall not be made.
Signed by Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento and Secretary of State for Fisheries and the Sea, Salvador Malheiro, the ordinance published today takes effect on January 1, 2026.