Europe reaches agreement on fishing quotas for 2022

The European Union's Fisheries Ministers have reached an agreement on the distribution of fishing quotas in 2022, after days of intense negotiations. Spain has worked to try to bring positions closer together, but "it has not been possible", as explained by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Thus, the Commission's position in relation to the Mediterranean has continued to show a high reduction in fishing days, while in the Atlantic quotas relevant improvements have been achieved for the Spanish fleet with significant reductions on the first cuts in southern hake, horse mackerel. , Norway lobster and sole, while maintaining the quotas of haddock. The regulation on the Atlantic has obtained unanimity. Specifically, the Commission proposed to continue with the reduction of fishing days by 6% in the Mediterranean, which together with the accumulated 17.5% of the previous two years, means that in just three years the sector will have to reduce almost one fourth your ...