Spain: Fishing days in the Mediterranean were reduced by 79%

Published 2024년 12월 13일

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The European Union Council's decision to reduce Mediterranean red shrimp catches by 10% and fishing days by 79% has frustrated the Spanish fishing sector, led by CEPESCA. The sector believes these measures, along with previous adjustments, will lead to unsustainable costs and potentially force fishermen to cease operations. The council's proposed use of larger meshes for fishing could further harm catches and economic performance. In contrast, the Atlantic agreement's maintenance of hake quotas and increases in catch limits for other species are seen as positive developments, especially the retention of the Norway lobster quota in the Gulf of Cadiz at 32 tonnes. Additionally, the sector awaits details on funding from the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund to offset these costs.
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The Spanish fishing sector, represented by the Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESCA), has received with frustration the decisions adopted yesterday by the Council of Fisheries Ministers of the EU for the Mediterranean, within the agreement on TAC and quotas for 2025. In addition to the 10% reduction in red shrimp catches, the Council has decided to reduce the number of days of fishing in this sea by 79%, a reduction that fishermen can try to mitigate by adopting a series of "complex" compensation mechanisms (changes in fishing gear, meshes, temporary and definitive area closures, among others). The sector points out that these mechanisms are an additional sacrifice to those already made in the last five years and will entail additional costs that "will cause fishermen and vessels to be unable to continue their activity," says Javier Garat, secretary general of Cepesca. The sector points out that in the last five years Mediterranean fishermen have already reduced their fishing ...

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