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The fishing agreement in the EU leaves a "bittersweet" sensation in the sector, in Spain

Spain
Published Dec 13, 2022

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The Spanish brotherhoods have a "bittersweet feeling" after learning about the content of the agreement reached by the Fisheries Ministers of the European Union (EU) in Brussels, which has also been partly criticized by shipowners. The president of the National Federation of Fishermen's Guilds (FNCP), Basilio Otero, told Efeagro that "they are very happy" with the 20% increase in the quota for mackerel (29,439 tons) and for southern hake for 2023, of which "a historic quantity has been obtained, the second largest in 20 years" (9,953 tons). He has also shown his "satisfaction" because, although there are no established quantities yet, there is an agreement with the United Kingdom, which will allow albacore fishing in English waters with shared "stocks", which was not in the agreement of the Brexit. Among the "concerns", the first one that you have mentioned is that of the total allowable catch (TAC) of horse mackerel in the northwest Cantabrian Sea, since only by-catch and not directed fishing have been allowed for 2023, "which is concerning about everything to the purse seine fleet", with an amount of 15,500 tons.

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The Spanish brotherhoods have a "bittersweet feeling" after learning about the content of the agreement reached by the Fisheries Ministers of the European Union (EU) in Brussels, which has also been partly criticized by shipowners. The president of the National Federation of Fishermen's Guilds (FNCP), Basilio Otero, told Efeagro that "they are very happy" with the 20% increase in the quota for mackerel (29,439 tons) and for southern hake for 2023, of which "a historic quantity has been obtained, the second largest in 20 years" (9,953 tons). He has also shown his "satisfaction" because, although there are no established quantities yet, there is an agreement with the United Kingdom, which will allow albacore fishing in English waters with shared "stocks", which was not in the agreement of the Brexit. Among the "concerns", the first one mentioned is the total allowable catch (TAC) of horse mackerel in the northwestern Cantabrian Sea, since only by-catch and not directed fishing have ...
Source: PEefeagro
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