The Spanish fishing sector unevenly welcomes the result of the TAC and quota negotiations for 2024

The Spanish fishing sector, represented by the Spanish Fishing Confederation (Cepesca), has unevenly welcomed the agreement reached yesterday in Brussels, which determines the fishing days in the Mediterranean for 2024, as well as the quotas assigned to each Member State in the Atlantic and the North Sea by next year, and also by 2025 in the case of some species. In the Mediterranean, whose negotiation has been the most complex, Cepesca highlights the establishment of a compensation mechanism, with 12 possible conditions, in order to ensure that the reduction in fishing days is less than the agreed 9.5%. Among the conditions is improving the selectivity of the trawl gear with square meshes in the 45 mm codends so that they allow the capture of juvenile hake to be reduced by 25%; or 50 mm to reduce the capture of small red shrimp by 25%; or the use of separating grids; or the temporary closure of fishing areas that allows the reduction of 25% of juveniles of all demersal species or ...