The anchovy quota for Spain will be one of the highest since the reopening of this fishery in 2010

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food values the excellent biological situation of the Cantabrian anchovy, after making public the scientific recommendation of the International Council for the Exploitation of the Sea (ICES), which will allow the quota to be available in the Bay of Biscay in 2023 among the highest since the reopening of this fishery in 2010. The ICES recommendation, released last Friday, indicates that the anchovy biomass remains at the historical levels of recent years, among the highest in the known historical series. It should be remembered that since the closure of the fishery, between 2005 and 2009 due to the poor biological situation of the population, a continuous increase in biomass has been observed, which has confirmed the full recovery of the species. With this situation, ICES recommends a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for 2023 of 33,000 tons for this population (ICES zone 8), the same figure as in recent years and which corresponds to the ...