The EU agrees on a fishing allocation for 2023 that doubles southern hake for Spain

Published Dec 13, 2022

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The European Union Fisheries Ministers have agreed on the Total Allowable Catches (TAC) and quotas for 2023, which includes a doubling of the southern hake quota for Spain, a 20% increase in the mackerel quota, and a six-month ban on eel fishing, as requested by Spain. The agreement has satisfied Spain, but there is a fundamental divergence between Spain and the Commission in the application and interpretation of the western Mediterranean regulation. The negotiations with the UK and Norway are still ongoing, leading to the adoption of quarterly quotas to prevent the fleet from having to stop its activity.

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BRUSSELS, Dec. 13 (EUROPA PRESS) - The Fisheries Ministers of the European Union (EU) have reached an agreement on Tuesday for the Total Allowable Catches (TAC) and quotas for 2023, which doubles the southern hake quota for Spain with respect to 2022, an increase that the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has described it as "historic". The minister has celebrated the agreement that the ministers have reached this Tuesday after a "long, complex and difficult" negotiation from which Spain is satisfied and with a "historic" agreement for southern hake, which doubles its 2022 quota with an amount global figure of 9,953 tons for 2023, "the best figure in the last 8 years and the second best of the century". Of this figure, which represents a large increase compared to the 10% increase proposed in the initial proposal of the European Commission, 1,200 ships from the autonomous communities of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country will benefit. The ...

Source: europapress