Spain aims to achieve the highest number of fishing days in the Mediterranean in 2026.

Spanish Fisheries Minister Luis Planas assured that Spain wants to achieve "as many fishing days as possible" for the Mediterranean fleet in 2026, at the meeting that the European Union ministers in charge of the sector will hold in December to agree on the catch possibilities. "Spain's objective is to achieve as many days as possible in the December negotiation," he declared upon arrival at the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers of the Twenty-Seven being held in Brussels, where a preliminary debate on the fishing possibilities in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic next year will be held. However, the final decision must be reached at the meeting that the Fisheries ministers will hold on December 11 and 12. Planas also said that it is Spain's objective "to recover as many days as we can, in discussion with the (European) Commission, with the various mechanisms that we have on the table." "We are waiting for the report of the Scientific Committee on the ...