The General Secretariat of Fisheries in Spain distributes the additional quotas of Iberian sardines for 2023 obtained by exchange with Portugal

Published 2023년 8월 9일

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The General Secretariat for Fisheries has increased the quota of Iberian sardines for the Spanish fleet by 2,100 tons through an exchange with Portugal. This brings the total available quota for this year to over 21,000 tons, a 35% increase compared to last year. The additional quota will be distributed among different fishing fleets, with 60% going to purse seine fleets in the Cantabrian and Northwest regions, while the remaining 40% will be allocated to other modalities based on the distribution percentages of the 2018 order.

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The General Secretariat for Fisheries has distributed an additional quota of 2,100 tons of Iberian sardines for the Spanish fleet, obtained through exchange with Portugal. With this increase, the total available quota of Iberian sardines for the Spanish fleet this year is slightly higher than 21,000 tons, which represents an increase of more than 35% compared to the previous year. This additional quantity of Iberian sardines is has obtained in exchange for the North Atlantic swordfish quota of which Spain has a certain surplus in 2023, and is part of the usual negotiations that are carried out with other Member States to improve the quotas available annually for the Spanish fleet. From the distribution of this additional quota, established by resolution of the General Secretariat of Fisheries published yesterday in the Official State Gazette (BOE), all the Spanish fleets that catch the Iberian sardines benefit and have it distributed as established by the APM order. /605/2018, of ...

Source: Agrodiario