Spain: Andalusia describes it as "intolerable" to extend until 2025 the exception for Italy to market 22-millimeter clam

The publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (DOUE) this Friday, December 30, of a new extension of the exception that allows Italy to market a 22-millimeter clam, when in Andalusia and the rest of the community territory it is prohibited below 25, has been described as "intolerable" by the general director of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, José Manuel Martínez Malia, who has assured that it is "a new jug of cold water that extends the comparative grievance with our sector”. Martínez Malia has pointed out that "it makes no sense to speak of exceptionality, when this situation has been going on for 7 years and now it is extended until December 31, 2025". The director general has indicated that "it is not acceptable that the Government of Spain limits itself to voting against this measure in Europe, since it is the one that has the capacity to negotiate and must act forcefully in the face of what is ...