Spain: Almeria will be left without fresh seafood from January 1st

Published 2024년 12월 19일

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The article reports an agreement among seafood traders in Almería and other Andalusian ports to halt their fleet indefinitely from January 1, 2025, in response to a 79% reduction in fishing days and new environmental regulations that increase costs for EU fleets. These changes are not applied to Maghreb trawlers, leading to an unfair competitive advantage and prompting concerns about the sustainability of the Spanish fishing sector. The article highlights the challenges these regulations present and the potential impact on the industry, underscoring the complexities and necessities for solutions that consider international competition and environmental sustainability.

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From the first day of the year that is about to begin, there will be no fresh seafood from Almería on the markets until further notice. All trawler shipowners in the ports of Almería -capital, Garrucha, Carboneras and Adra- and the rest of Andalusia have decided to moor the entire fleet from January 1, 2025 indefinitely and it is foreseeable that the rest of the ships in the Spanish Mediterranean will join this agreement. Representatives of shipowners' associations and fishermen's guilds have held a meeting in Madrid with the Secretary General of Fisheries, Isabel Artime, to analyze the results of the Council of Ministers of the European Union regarding the Fishing Possibilities Regulation 2025 for the Mediterranean. The Associations of the guild have reported that in the meeting with Artime the terms of the agreement and the measures that will be applied to the Mediterranean trawler fleet have been exposed in order to compensate for the 79% reduction in fishing days. The fishing ...

Source: Lavozdealmeria