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Planas is confident of an increase of 650 tons of bluefin tuna fishing quota for Spain to 6,800 tons

Tuna
Spain
Published Nov 22, 2022

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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has indicated that he hopes to confirm an increase for Spain of 650 tons of the fishing quota for the "precious species" of bluefin tuna if the proposal is approved at the plenary meeting of the Commission International for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT, in its acronym in English), which is held on the afternoon of this Monday.

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BRUSSELS, 21 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) - This was stated by the minister this Monday in Brussels, to where he has traveled to participate in the meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the European Union (EU). Planas added that, if this 650-ton quota increase is confirmed, which represents almost 10% of the total Spanish quota, the total bluefin tuna quota for Spain will be 6,800 tons in 2023. The quota assigned to Spain, the European country that fishes the most tuna, was 6,093 tons in 2022 and 6,107 in 2021. COMMISSION FEES PROPOSAL At the same time, Spain is studying the proposal for fishing quotas that the European Commission will take to the next Council on this matter, scheduled for December 12 and 13, and which, according to Planas, "seems to be better than last year". although he has appealed to prudence, since "one must not be trusted" until there is an agreement. Planas, who has highlighted his role as "negotiator", has warned that the debate "is going to be ...
Source: europapress
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