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Mackerel landing. (Photo: Juan Murias/FIS)
Spanish mackerel quota increased 8pc for 2017
(SPAIN, 10/21/2016)
The meeting of the coastal States of the Commission for East Atlantic Fisheries (NEAFC) to set 2017 mackerel TAC, held in London, ended with the decision to increase by 14 per cent the total allowable catches, to 1,020,996 tonnes.
As a result of this increased TAC, the Spanish quota will be increased to 38,431 tonnes, but once the fine of 5,500 tonnes that Spain must pay for the overfishing in 2009 is deducted, that quota will be 32,931 tonnes. This figure represents an increase of 8 per cent over the adapted quota, which had been set for Spain for 2016.
Given the wide distribution of this stock, which covers all waters of the Northwest Atlantic, the TAC and management measures are agreed jointly by the parties involved in the fishery.
Thus, the TAC increase for 2017 is the result of the implementation of the management plan in force since 2014, which had been signed by the European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands, and in which Iceland is also involved indirectly. The plan envisages the capture of the stock according to precautionary and sustainable criteria.
The Spanish Government describes this deal as a success, "no doubt it responds to the sustainable management measures that are enabling significant improvements in the stock biological condition and that Spain has always supported".
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment states that the availability of a greater quota will make it possible to improve the activity of the fishing fleet dedicated to this important and profitable species, and thus the benefits that the fishing sector will obtain.
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