The fishing sector in Spain requests an urgent meeting with the minister regarding the Iberian sardine

Published Sep 8, 2023

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During a meeting in Seville, three Andalusian federations and associations expressed their concerns to the Director General and Deputy Director General of Fisheries of the Junta de Andalucía about the new MAPA order that regulates sardine fishing in the Gulf of Cádiz. They argued that the implementation of the order would cause severe economic and social damage to the purse seine fleet in the region. The fishermen in the Gulf of Cádiz are prepared to take action to defend their rights, which could include appealing to the courts, seeking protection from the European Commission, and organizing demonstrations.

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The three affected Andalusian federations and associations have held a meeting in Seville with the Director General and the Deputy Director General of Fisheries of the Junta de Andalucía to inform them of the helpless situation in which the purse seine fleet of the Gulf of Cádiz finds itself, and to put in their knowledge what is the "roadmap" that they have agreed on the actions they are going to carry out, with regard to the new MAPA order that regulates the optimization mechanism for sardines in the Gulf of Cádiz and that From the sector "we consider it totally incoherent since it will generate serious social and economic damage to this fishery." This Order published, with total obscurantism, since it was known once published, consists of making a common pool of the possible surplus quotas assigned to the ships, distributing them among those who have exhausted theirs. The application of the Order would be immediate, without taking into account that the Cádiz fleet has not yet ...

Source: Diariodealmeria