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The cut of the EU to the fishing fleet and the sector sinks: Cut to the work and to the red prawn in Spain

Frozen Common Shrimp & Prawn
Spain
Published Dec 14, 2022

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Cuts to Mediterranean fishing by the European Union (EU) come to light and, with them, the Almeria fleet, made up of just over 40 trawling vessels, 'sinks'. The Council of Fisheries Ministers ended around 8:00 a.m. this Tuesday and, with its conclusion, a disastrous outcome for the fishing sector in these waters, which will have to reduce the days of work by 7% and by 5 % of the total allowable catch (TAC) for the red shrimp , not so for the Atlantic, for which reason the Spanish minister, Luis Planas, values ​​the overall result of this appointment as good, although it must be specified that, for the second year consecutive,Spain has voted against the initiatives that the Mediterranean fleet will have to face by 2023 and announces compensatory measures, "to soften this measure that, from the point of view of sustainability, is inadequate."

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Cuts to Mediterranean fishing by the European Union (EU) come to light and, with them, the Almeria fleet, made up of just over 40 trawling vessels, 'sinks'. The Council of Fisheries Ministers ended around 8:00 a.m. this Tuesday and, with its conclusion, a disastrous outcome for the fishing sector in these waters, which will have to reduce the days of work by 7% and by 5 % of the total allowable catch (TAC) for the red shrimp, but not for the Atlantic, for which reason the Spanish minister, Luis Planas, values the overall result of this appointment as good, although it must be specified that, for the second year In a row, Spain has voted against the initiatives that the Mediterranean fleet will have to face by 2023 and announces compensatory measures, "to soften this measure that, from the point of view of sustainability, is inadequate". Planas maintains that the European Commission (EC) intends to continue with the schedule of achieving the objective of Maximum Sustainable Yield ...
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