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

Published 2022년 12월 13일

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Spanish brotherhoods express mixed emotions towards the EU Fisheries Ministers' agreement for a 20% increase in mackerel and southern hake quotas for 2023, but express concerns over the reduction in horse mackerel total allowable catch (TAC) in the northwestern Cantabrian Sea. They also criticize the 7% reduction in fishing days in the Mediterranean for the Spanish fleet, which they believe will cause socio-economic issues. Despite these concerns, they are positive about the agreement with the UK for albacore fishing and the improvement in hake, monkfish, megrim, whiting and blue whiting quotas in the Atlantic.

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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