Angola’s 2024 horse mackerel season extended for one month

Angola has reduced the annual closure of its horse mackerel fishery from three months to two in 2024, according to the country’s national fisheries director, Victor Chilamba.The ban will be reduced to encompass just the months of June and July, when the species enters its breeding season, Chilamba announced 12 December, according to the Angola Press Agency.Chilamba said the country’s horse mackerel stock has grown in recent years, and the move follows recommendations from the Council for Integrated Management of Aquatic Biological Resources and the Consultative Council of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.Angola’s fisheries agency has set a quota of 304,000 metric tons (MT) for the commercial fishery, and 186,000 MT for the artisanal fishery, with the 490,000-MT total down the 600,000-MT quota in 2023.The agency also set a lower quota for sardinella, reducing it from 200,000 MT in 2023 to 120,000 MT in 2024. Earlier this year, the United Nations Conference on Trade ...