At the beginning of last December, the EU agreed to strictly apply the scientific recommendation to reduce the quota of mackerel (mackerel, horse mackerel, scad) by 70% this year, a reduction preceded by another of 22% in 2025. Going from the 21,718 tons with which it started last year to 6,563 this year is a blow to the Spanish coastal fleet, especially the trawling and purse seine fleets, since the catches of the demersal have been in decline for years. Although it is not known what the European Commission will do if Norway, the United Kingdom, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands persist in unilaterally assigning quotas to themselves, Spain is alleviating the socio-economic impact of the cut approved by the Twenty-seven. At the same time that it insists on demanding measures from Brussels against third countries that it holds responsible for the serious deterioration of this shared bluefish, "has increased significantly" the quota. Isabel Artime, Secretary General of Fisheries, ...