Spain will grant 13 more days of fishing to the Mediterranean Fleet so that it can fish until January

The feelings expressed from the sector about the possibility of a solution for the fleet, despite the tense meeting last Thursday, have come true. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has granted this Monday through a resolution 13 more days of fishing per vessel to the Mediterranean trawl fleet. This will allow it to continue working until the end of the year, allowing it to meet the demand generated during the Christmas campaign. A key time for your activity. This was announced by the minister Luis Planasin statements to the press before the Jacumar awards ceremony, organized on the occasion of World Aquaculture Day.

In this way, its 557 Mediterranean ships that make up the trawl fleet They will have a total of 7,339 annual days of fishing, which is equivalent to about 143 annual days after the impact of the 79% decrease in the days in which the Spanish fleet could go out to fish in the western Mediterranean in 2025 compared to 2024.

Fishing days for the Christmas campaign

The Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas has highlighted that this measure, which has been achieved after intense negotiation with the European Commission, seeks to ensurer the activity of this fleet until the end of the yearand until the new fishing quotas come into force that will be negotiated at the decisive European Agriculture and Fisheries Council on December 11 and 12. Planas has assured that “this extraordinary assignment allows shipowners and crews to be offered certainty, stability and planning capacity to face the last months of the year with guarantees.”

In this sense, Planas has highlighted that “obtaining these additional days “has been the result of intense technical work” which has highlighted the close monitoring of fishing activity and the available fishing effort (remaining fishing days). For which they have had direct dialogue with the sector. From the Ministry they highlight that thanks to all this joint work have managed to make the most of compensation mechanismswhich Spain negotiated last year during the Fisheries Council held in December.