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Galician fishermen demand further anchovy quota
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Anchovy fishery. (Photo: Galizacig)
Galician fishermen demand further anchovy quota
SPAIN
Thursday, September 04, 2014, 03:30 (GMT + 9)
Following the closure of the anchovy fishery in the Bay of Biscay, the Association do Cerco of Galicia (ACERGA) demands to have further pelagic resource quota for the second half of this year from the Fisheries Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA).
ACERGA asked the ministry to try to reach consensus with Opes Cantabrian — which groups the organizations of artisanal fishing of the Basque Country, Cantabria and Galicia, through the Organization of Artisan Producers of Galicia (OPAGA) — to enable further anchovy quota.
Fishermen also want Spain not to cede 10 per cent of the 2014 to 2015 anchovy quota to the fleet of France.
ACERGA, which groups 124 of the 156 ships of the fleet in Galicia, reminds the authority that they were not consulted by OPAGA on whether to limit anchovy catches in the second half of this year to 10 per cent of the available quota to be caught between 1 June 2014 and 1 July 2015.
The Association estimates that OPAGA representative — Benito Gonzalez — “acts on his own behalf by not consulting the sector about the likelihood of the agreements before accepting them,” the newspaper Faro de Vigo informed.
ACERGA also expressed dissatisfaction about the fact that “from Opes Cantabrian the fishery closure is claimed for the second half of the year intending to stop the Galician and Asturian fleet from fishing and instead intended generously to cede 10 per cent of the quota to France.”
This fishery “is not unique to the Bay of Biscay, but it belongs to the whole Northeastern Cantabrian,” so its management must be “fair,” he stressed.
From the sector, it has been warned that in the next months no Atlantic or Cantabrian anchovy will be seen on the market, reported Diario Vasco.
MAGRAMA decided to close the anchovy fishery in the southern part of Galicia – from Finisterre to the mouth of the Miño — because the fleet had exceeded 500 per cent of its catch limit of only 75 tonnes compared with the 6,000 tonnes assigned to the fleet of the Gulf of Cadiz, with which it shares the exploitation of the fishing zone IXa-.
The ministry also decided to close the anchovy fishery in the northern area, that is to say, the area VIIIc, from Finisterre to the Bay of Biscay.
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– Anchovy fishery closure surprises Galician fishermen
By Analia Murias
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