Spain: The EC applies the deduction of fishing quotas to a dozen species due to overfishing in 2022

These reductions in turn cause the closure of the mosaic ray (in EU waters zones 8 and 9) and cod (Norwegian waters of subzone 1 and 2) fisheries until 31 December 2023 The European Commission has published the regulation with the deductions from the fishing quotas that are applied in 2023 to different Member States for the overfishing practiced in 2022 in various populations, which in the case of Spain affects a dozen species, especially cod and halibut. According to the regulation published this Friday in the Official Journal of the European Union (DOUE), Spain has to deduct just over 179,000 tons of cod in two areas due to overfishing in 2022, while for Greenland halibut the cut is 33,521 tons. Also noteworthy is the deduction of 17,409 tons of haddock; 8,163 tons of carbonero ...