Spain: Canarian bigeye tuna fishermen will be able to capture the national surplus when their quota is exhausted

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) of the Government of Spain has published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) the Resolution of the General Secretariat of Fisheries that allows Spanish bigeye fishermen (known in the Canary Islands as “tuna” to ) who have exhausted their quotas, access the surplus of the national quota for the current year without requiring additional authorization from the Government of Spain. Likewise, those who still have a catch margin, and who are currently fishing, will be eligible for this amount once their initial quota is reached. Said text assigns a surplus of 1,913 tons to the joint quota of the optimization mechanism for the bigeye tuna fishery, so these quantities are available for a vessel or group of vessels once they have exhausted the fishing opportunities initially assigned and until consumption. total common quota. Thus, since October 3, the vessels of the Small Gear Archipelago on list d) of the Specific Census of Vessels ...