Spain achieves an additional quota of 4,122 tons of southern hake for 2022, 84% more

The Spanish fishing fleet will be able to capture 4,122 tons of southern hake this year more than the 4,899 that were initially assigned, which means an increase of 84%, by virtue of the agreement to review the regulation of total allowable catches (TAC) and quotas reached today in the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the European Union (EU), held in Luxembourg. The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has considered that this agreement is "very significant and tremendously important for Spain", because "it responds to a request from our country based on scientific reports that guarantee the sufficient availability of stocks of this species”. The increase in the quota benefits 1,200 Spanish fishing vessels located mainly in the Atlantic, Cantabrian and the Gulf of Cadiz, and mostly trawlers, volanta, bottom longlines and small gear. This increase has occurred thanks to Spain's insistence on revising the exploitation rule for this species, ...