The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food decided to extend the northern albacore tuna fishery until August 23, when the final closure will take place and authorized fishing vessels must stop capturing this resource and go to port for unloading.
The extension of the closure, which was originally planned for August 18, is performed after analyzing the latest consumption data of northern albacore (Thunnus lalunga).
The latest official data indicate that until Thursday, 87 per cent of the 15,015 tonnes assigned to Spain had been consumed, which are distributed by Basque, Cantabrian, Asturian, Galician and Canarian fishermen. But while since the beginning of the month there have been days with landings of 250 tonnes, since Monday the pace has dropped to just over 100 tonnes per day.
So the fleets involved can maintain the activity, the capture of other tuna is allowed for those duly authorized vessels, once their catches of northern albacore have been landed in port.
With this decision, the General Secretary of Fisheries makes it possible for the vessels engaged in the northern albacore capture to continue the activity, dedicating themselves to species such as bigeye, skipjack or yellowfin tuna, once the albacore quota has been finalized.
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