Italian fishing boats lie moored during a protest against the price of fuel in Venice
Italian fishing boats lie moored during a protest against the price of fuel in Venice June 4, 2008. French fishermen say they will go bust unless they obtain discounted diesel at 40 euro cents ($0.62) per litre as opposed to 80 euro cents on the market. The price of marine diesel has surged by 30 percent in the past four months. They also want the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, to intervene by raising the amount of financial aid that a government may grant to its fisheries sector without attracting the scrutiny of EU internal market regulators. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri (ITALY)