While the rise in oil prices has been seen to spark a crisis in the fishing sector, a Pew Environment Group study found that most European Fisheries Fund management authorities did not ask for relevant information from Member States when making funding decisions. Examples of important information not requested include details of target stocks, by-catch or discard, geographical area of fishing activity, or the history of compliance. The study therefore concludes that the information requested by the application forms alone does generally not enable managing authorities to make informed decisions on the likely environmental and social impacts of Axis 1 projects.The following ten Irish MEPs have recently voted in favour of doubling de minimis fisheries fuel aid:[table id=11 /]What can you do?Ask your MEP to account for their position by sending them this letter which asks the following:1.) What other information sources, such as the fleet registry, fishing licenses, compliance records etc. management authorities are used to inform funding decisions?2) If there are any other documents, apart from the application form, on which administrations compile information for their funding decision and if so, could they be shared with us?