Spain: Crespo sees the EU fishing agreement for Andalusia as very harmful and will try to alleviate the situation in the sector
Seafood
Spain
Published Dec 14, 2022
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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, has considered that the agreement of the fisheries ministers of the European Union (EU) for the Total Allowable Catches (TAC) and quotas for 2023 is "very harmful" for Andalusia and is going to work to "try to alleviate this difficult situation". "We always seek the improvement of the sector despite these unfair decisions," she reiterated.
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SEVILLE, Dec. 13 (EUROPA PRESS) - The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, has considered that the agreement of the fisheries ministers of the European Union (EU) for the Total Allowable Catches (TAC) and quotas for 2023 is "very harmful" for Andalusia and is going to work to "try to alleviate this difficult situation". "We always seek the improvement of the sector despite these unfair decisions," he reiterated. In statements to journalists, Crespo has indicated that, in the trawling of the Mediterranean, a 7% reduction in fishing days is added after a 17.5% reduction during "all these years", which especially affects 92 boats making "their chances very difficult". And, as for the Atlantic with Norway lobster, also a reduction of 36% that joins last year's reduction of 30% and "to all that we have suffered this winter with the polygons that involve trawling in the Gulf area of Cadiz". Therefore, it has concluded that it is "a triple ...
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