Ministry and Fenapa request an increase in the bluefin tuna fishing quota in Andalusia, Spain

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Carmen Crespo, has held a meeting with the National Federation of Artisanal Fishing (Fenapa), which she has thanked for its creation to defend the artisanal fishermen of the coast Andalusian and in which they have stressed the need for an increase in the bluefin tuna quota in Andalusia. Among other issues, they have also addressed the problem of the Asian seaweed on the Andalusian coast. At the last meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Iccat), it was decided to increase the bluefin tuna catch quotas for the next season by 10%, up to 6,783 tons, an amount that both parties consider "insufficient". The Ministry and Fenapa have coincided in pointing out the importance of the Government of Spain and Iccat contributing to improving tuna fishing conditions in Andalusia which, as Carmen Crespo explained, "have been so affected by the incidence ...