Planas says that Spain achieves a good result in the fishing negotiation with the EU

Published 2022년 12월 13일

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The article outlines the conclusion of a crucial European Union fishing negotiation in Brussels, where Spain secured a significant improvement in fishing quotas and regulations for various species in the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas for 2023. Despite challenges, Spain managed to enhance the initial proposed quotas, leading to a notable increase in the southern hake quota for Spanish boats, the best in eight years. The negotiation also resulted in the elimination of penalties and restrictions for mackerel and eel, maintenance of quotas for sole and haddock, and notable improvements in quotas for other fish species in the EU-UK shared waters. Additionally, for the first time since Brexit, Spanish fishermen will obtain licenses to fish for white tuna in UK waters, marking a significant advancement in fisheries agreements between Spain and the EU.

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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, today assessed the "long and difficult fishing negotiation" closed this morning in Brussels, in which Spain has achieved a "good result" for the fleet. A “very good” result for some species, even “historic”, such as the southern hake, in the Atlantic. Planas explained that "in complicated circumstances, Spain has managed to increase catches and managed to limit the reduction in days of fishing effort." Very positive results have been achieved in the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean “a tough battle has been fought. Despite the drastic cuts in the initial proposal, there have been improvements”, but “it is not positive for Spain. We voted against it," said the minister. At dawn from Monday to Tuesday the "marathon" Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the European Union (EU) that began in Brussels last Sunday to reach an agreement on the total allowable catches (TAC) and quotas for 2023 in Community and ...

Source: Agrodiario Huelva