Fishing cuts, diesel and lack of personnel mark the year of the Spanish fleet

Published 2021년 12월 26일

Tridge summary

The Spanish fishing fleet concluded a challenging year in 2021 due to the pandemic's impact, with varying levels of difficulty for different types of vessels. The sector, which includes 8,839 ships and generates 31,100 jobs with a production value of 1,601 million euros, experienced difficulties such as reduced fishing days, higher diesel costs, and personnel shortages. The industry faces numerous regulatory changes and concerns for the future, including the European Green Pact, World Trade Organization negotiations, and the EU's reform of fisheries control regulations. There are also calls for improvements in labor practices in the industry and for changes to the landing obligations. The year ended with a positive note with the resolution of the transporters' strike, facilitating seafood supply and sale for Christmas.

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Fishermen change the year with fewer chances of catching, after a complicated 2021 with the prolongation of the pandemic, although uneven depending on the type of fleet and with some relief due to the improvement in prices due to Christmas sales. "The fleet ends 2021 more discouraged than it started," as Javier Garat, the general secretary of the Cepesca shipowners' association, has told Efeagro. For the president of the Federation of Fishing Cofradías (FNCP), Basilio Otero, it has been difficult but no more than previous years, since he has experienced problems to which the fleet is accustomed. "Fishermen know the meaning of the word resilience before it was invented," he stressed to Efeagro. A total of 8,839 ships make up the Spanish fleet, which generates 31,100 jobs and a production worth 1,601 million euros, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for 2020. The balance of the sector is uneven, with Mediterranean vessels in a worse situation, ...

Source: PEefeagro