Spain will have a quota of 6,700 tons for bluefin tuna fishing in 2024

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has established the allocation of the quota and the specific fleet census authorized for bluefin tuna fishing in 2024. For this campaign, the quota assigned to Spain is 6,783.67 tons, which may be captured by the 811 vessels and traps included in the specific census for fishing this species. This is stated in the Resolution of March 8, 2024 published today in the Official State Gazette. This resolution follows the criteria established by Royal Decree 46/2019, of February 8, which regulates the bluefin tuna fishery in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. The bulk of the Spanish quota, 5,911 tons (87.1% ) is intended for the vessels included in lists a, b, c, d and e of the specific census that correspond, respectively, to the live bait fleets of the Cantabrian Sea, the Strait's rod and hand line fleet, the longline fleet and the fishing line fleet. hand, Mediterranean purse seine fleet and traps. 11.69% (793.6 tons) of the quota ...