Concern in fishing due to the pandemic, Brexit and the limits of the Mediterranean
Published Sep 28, 2020
Tridge summary
The Spanish fishing sector has started the 2020-2021 course with great concern about the impact of the pandemic on sales and prices, the limits of days at sea for the Mediterranean fleet and Brexit, among other challenges.
Original content
Shipowners, brotherhoods and fishmongers show, in statements to Efeagro, their concern about the effect of COVID19 on the economy and consumption, which has already been reflected in price drops of numerous species due to hotel closings. Another consequence is the problem of crew members who have been in distant waters for months and who have not been able to be repatriated due to restrictions due to the coronavirus, as is the case with Spanish-flagged ships in Angola or French Polynesia, according to the Secretary General of the Cepesca shipowners' association, Javier Garat. On land, the president of the National Federation of Fisheries Guilds (FNCP), Basilio Otero, affirms that sales in summer were better than expected, after a very negative spring, but if the pandemic advances and with it the closures of hotels and restaurants, prices "are not going to recover." The fleet and the fishmongers (represented by Fedepesca) are already looking with concern at the Christmas campaign - ...
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