Spain reopens anchovy fishery off the west coast of Galicia and Portugal

The Official State Bulletin (BOE) publishes a resolution this Tuesday that allows the reopening of the anchovy fishery in the west of Galicia and Portugal. The purse seine fleet of the Cantabrian Sea and the northwest will be able to resume the anchovy fishery in fishing area 9 (west of Galicia and Portugal), following an increase in quota authorized by the European Commission (EC) to Spain and which is featured in a resolution published this Tuesday in the Official State Bulletin (BOE). The BOE has published a resolution with the definitive anchovy quota in that fishing area, which stands at 2,287 tons for the entire campaign—from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026—and which represents an increase from an initial quota that fishermen had already used, which is why the fishery was closed. The anchovy fishery in this fishing area is different from that of the Bay of Biscay. According to the BOE resolution and the calculations released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food ...