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Spain appreciates the Council's support for the agreement on shared fishing quotas between the EU and the United Kingdom

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Published Dec 23, 2021

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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has assessed the final approval of the Council of the European Union to sign the agreement on the total allowable catches (TAC) and quotas fishing companies shared by 2022 with the United Kingdom, because "it will provide the necessary stability to the Spanish fleet so that it can carry out a correct planning of its activity".

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MADRID, Dec. 22 (EUROPA PRESS) - The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has valued the final approval of the Council of the European Union to sign the agreement of the total allowable catches (TAC) and the fishing quotas shared for 2022 with the United Kingdom, because " it will provide the necessary stability to the Spanish fleet so that it can carry out a correct planning of its activity ". This Wednesday the agreement was closed between the delegations of both parties, after consultations and complex negotiations carried out in recent weeks, which is settled with the objective of developing by 2022 the trade and cooperation agreement in the field of fishing. In addition to setting the fishing opportunities, the agreement includes requests for scientific advice for the future management of some species, flexibilities, technical measures or quota exchanges between both parties. For Spain, the agreement is, in general, satisfactory, since the catch levels ...
Source: europapress
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