Although initially the quota set for the capture of Iberian sardines was 7,193 tonnes, given the good recovery data for the species, finally the General Secretariat for Fisheries has increased this amount to 13,545 tonnes, more than double that available in the last year 2020.
So it appears in the Official State Gazette (BOE), which today Friday, August 6, has published the Resolution of July 28, 2021 of the General Secretariat for Fisheries, belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which establishes management provisions for the sardine fishery Iberian (Sardina pilchardus) that is caught in Cantabrian waters (ICES area 8c) and Atlantic waters (ICES area 9a) by which the quota available in 2021 is increased to 13,545 tons, 7,145 more than those allowed in 2020.
More Iberian sardines for the Spanish fishing fleet
All the Spanish fleets that exploit the species benefit from this increase, both the purse seine, racú and piobardeira of the Cantabrian and Northwest, as well as the vessels that fish with the art of success and the encirclement of the Gulf of Cádiz, by distributing said quantity global, as established by order APM / 605/2018.
The resolution of the General Secretariat for Fisheries published today Friday modifies that of April 28, 2021 on the management of the Iberian sardine fishery. This measure comes from the update of the scientific recommendation made by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) on the Iberian sardine population last June, which indicates a significant improvement in its biomass.
In this way, both Spain and Portugal have jointly notified the European Commission of this increase, the result of the sustainable management and collaboration that both countries have maintained for years for the recovery of the sardine population, which includes the development and implementation of various plans of management also subjected to scientific evaluation by ICES, the last one at the beginning of this 2021.
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This year we will have more Iberian sardines
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Although the quota set for the capture of Iberian sardines was 7,193 tonnes, given the good recovery data for the species, the General Secretariat for Fisheries has increased this amount to 13,545 tonnes, more than double what was available last year. 2020.
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