Deputy Minister for the Sea and Fishing, Catherine Chabaud, is set to visit Grau-du-Roi and Sète on Monday to meet with fishermen after a six-hour meeting with their representatives.
As diesel prices surge, fishermen are blocking an oil depot in Frontignan and the port of Nice, while a meeting is scheduled with the Fisheries Minister in Paris.
After meeting with Minister of the Sea and Fishing Catherine Chabaud, Mediterranean fishermen have ended their actions, while threatening new blockades in Marseille and Toulon starting Friday.
Fishing professionals are mobilizing to denounce rising fuel prices and their working conditions, deeming the government aid increase insufficient.
Commercial fishermen blocked the Nice port Thursday morning, forcing the diversion of a ferry carrying 600 passengers, as the government worries about the impact of the international crisis on fuel prices.
While blockades of oil facilities and ports continue in southern France, fishing sector representatives are scheduled to meet on Thursday in Paris with Catherine Chabaud, the Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
According to RFI, the destruction of their vessels by the American military erased the evidence against these fishermen, leading to their release.
Mediterranean fishermen are threatening to escalate their action if their meeting with the fishing minister fails to produce concrete progress, according to Le Monde.