Spain will present alternatives to improve the fishing catches of 2023

Published 2022년 12월 5일

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Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, will defend the country's fishing interests at the upcoming EU Fisheries Council, arguing for increased quotas in the Atlantic and no cuts in the Mediterranean. The government will present alternative measures to limit fishing day reductions and revise proposals for the Atlantic. Spain also plans to appeal two Mediterranean measures to the EU Court of Justice. In agriculture, Spain is the main recipient of corn from Ukraine despite price hikes, and Planas has stressed the need for clear commission signals to farmers regarding support and reasonable supply prices. The approval of regulations for the Common Agrarian Policy strategy plan is expected in the coming weeks.

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Spain will defend at the next European Union (EU) Fisheries Council, on December 11 and 12, the "best fishing possibilities" and alternatives to the Brussels proposals, to increase significant quotas in the Atlantic and stop cuts in the Mediterranean. The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, held this Monday, by videoconference, the advisory council with the regional councilors to prepare for this month's meeting of the EU Industry Council, which will have as its central issue the negotiation of fishing quotas and catches by 2023. Planas has announced that it will present alternative measures to avoid a further reduction in fishing days in the Mediterranean and the revision of some of the proposals for the Atlantic, according to a statement. In the case of the Mediterranean, Spain estimates that the new reduction in fishing days proposed for another year by the European Commission (EC), of 9.8% over 2022, should be limited to the maximum, and has advocated ...

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