Spain: Fishing days in the Mediterranean were reduced by 79%

The Spanish fishing sector, represented by the Spanish Fisheries Confederation (CEPESCA), has received with frustration the decisions adopted yesterday by the Council of Fisheries Ministers of the EU for the Mediterranean, within the agreement on TAC and quotas for 2025. In addition to the 10% reduction in red shrimp catches, the Council has decided to reduce the number of days of fishing in this sea by 79%, a reduction that fishermen can try to mitigate by adopting a series of "complex" compensation mechanisms (changes in fishing gear, meshes, temporary and definitive area closures, among others). The sector points out that these mechanisms are an additional sacrifice to those already made in the last five years and will entail additional costs that "will cause fishermen and vessels to be unable to continue their activity," says Javier Garat, secretary general of Cepesca. The sector points out that in the last five years Mediterranean fishermen have already reduced their fishing ...