Spain: Cuts in the Mediterranean and 20% in northern hake, key for fishing in 2025

Published Dec 11, 2024

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The EU Council of Ministers has set the quotas and fishing opportunities for 2025, leading to a 20% reduction in catches of Atlantic hake from the north for Spain and a reduction in days at sea for Mediterranean trawlers. The Total Allowable Catches (TAC) are divided into two categories: those for the Atlantic fleet in Iberian or southern waters, and those for northern waters, shared between the EU and the UK. The Spanish fleet's results include a 10% reduction in red shrimp fishing and increased quotas for monkfish and megrim. The agreement also introduces management measures to recover up to 50% of lost days in the deep-sea fishery.

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The reduction in days at sea for Mediterranean trawlers and the 20% reduction in catches of Atlantic hake from the north are among the key points for Spain in the agreement of the EU Council of Ministers on quotas and fishing opportunities for 2025. The Fisheries Ministers have agreed at their end-of-year Council on catches in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean for 2025, after two days of negotiation in which the most tense point has been the proposal of the European Commission (EC) to reduce the days of work of trawlers by 79%. The Total Allowable Catches (TAC) affect the Atlantic fleet and are divided into two: those of the Iberian or southern waters (Gulf of Cadiz, Cantabrian and Galicia) and those of the northern waters (such as Gran Sol), in this second case, agreed between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom. As for the Mediterranean, except for specific species, fishing is regulated by days at sea. These are the results for the Spanish fleet: Although the Spanish ...

Source: PEefeagro