Spain asks that there be no delays in consultations with London on fishing quotas

Published 2021년 10월 11일

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Spanish Secretary General for Fisheries, Alicia Villauriz, and Secretary General for Agriculture and Food, Fernando Miranda, recently participated in a meeting in Luxembourg to discuss the European Union's negotiating position for fishing opportunities in North Atlantic waters for 2022. They stressed the importance of scientific recommendations and socioeconomic information being considered when assigning Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and fishing quotas. Spain's focus is on species like northern hake, rooster, and monkfish. The meeting also covered the next meeting of ICCAT in November, Spain's request for additional quota for Canarian fishermen and bluefin tuna reserve, and the increase in the TAC for 2022. Additionally, the meeting addressed the development of strategic plans for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the inclusion of sustainability criteria in labeling regulations, particularly for honey, a product Spain is a major producer of.

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The issue was addressed at a meeting in Luxembourg in which, on the part of Spain, the Spanish Secretary General for Fisheries, Alicia Villauriz, and the Secretary General for Agriculture and Food, Fernando Miranda, participated. The ministers debated the negotiating position to fix the fishing opportunities for 2022 in the "stocks" that the European Union shares with the United Kingdom in North Atlantic waters. Villauriz defended that scientific recommendations and socioeconomic information be taken into account when assigning TACs (Total Allowable Catches) and fishing quotas, which for Spain are focused on species such as northern hake, rooster and monkfish, reported the Spanish Ministry of Fisheries in a statement. He stressed the importance of the consultations being completed within the established timeframe, to avoid uncertainty in 2021. This year, the absence of a pact in the first months meant that both the EU and the United Kingdom had to allocate unilateral quotas to be ...

Source: PEefeagro