Spain: The fishing sector rejects the EU agreement in the Mediterranean and gives a bittersweet assessment in the Atlantic

Published Dec 12, 2023

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The Spanish fishing sector has rejected the agreement on catch possibilities reached by the EU for 2024 specifically in the Mediterranean, while assessing the progress made in the North Atlantic and the Cantabrian Sea. The EU Fisheries Ministers reached an agreement on Atlantic quotas for 2024, with increases in important species, but cuts in days at sea in the Mediterranean, which was celebrated by the general secretary of the Cepesca shipowners' association, although disappointing for fishing guilds in regions such as Asturias and Andalusia. Additionally, environmental organizations consider the fishing cuts included in the agreement to be insufficient.

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The Spanish fishing sector has rejected the agreement reached by the countries of the European Union (EU) on catch possibilities in 2024 in the Mediterranean Sea and has assessed with nuances the progress made in the North Atlantic and the Cantabrian Sea. The general secretary of the Cepesca shipowners' association, Javier Garat, celebrated this Tuesday, in statements to Efeagro, the agreement of the EU Fisheries Ministers on the Atlantic quotas in 2024, due to the increases in important species, but he has regretted the cuts in days at sea in the Mediterranean. Regarding the agreement of the Twenty-seven on quotas, he pointed out that it includes the result of the negotiations between the EU and the United Kingdom in shared waters such as those of the “Gran Sol” and in that regard he has valued the increases for monkfish or roosterfish, along with a small “acceptable” decrease in hake. Regarding the waters of the northwestern Cantabrian Sea, it has assessed the increase in quotas ...

Source: PEefeagro