Spain celebrates the historic agreement on fishing catches for 2023

The member countries of the European Union have managed to reach an agreement on fishing catches, as confirmed by diplomatic sources. The agreement was reached after a two-day meeting between the head of the Fisheries of the Twenty-seven that began on Sunday and was marked by intense negotiations. The Spanish Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Luis Planas, described the agreement as "historic" and has expressed his satisfaction after a marathon negotiation. "We have achieved a good result for two reasons: due to the increase in catches of some species and we have limited the reduction in fishing days in the Mediterranean." Planas has given, among others, the example of Southern Hake for which a global amount of 9,953 tons has been determined, the best figure in the last eight years, doubling the 2022 quota. On Monday morning, the Czech presidency already presented a first compromise text that Spain rejected, considering that the advances proposed on catches in the ...