Alert on the revolt of sardine fishermen – Economy

Unacceptable and intolerable. "This is how fishermen saw the warning issued this Friday by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, which indicates that sardine fishing should be banned year-round. next the decline of the stock since 2006 and the fact that last year the so-called recruitment (new fish) has reached a bad result. "The government guarantees that it will maintain open sardine fishing

"There is no justification for this organization, which ignores the last two scientific cruises promoted by the government, which aims to improve the stock by 50% compared to December, in sardines and biomass", explains Eduardo Matos, of the National Association of Small Fisheries Cerco and the Association of Artisanal Fisheries of the Region of Aveiro, the official therefore asks the government "to adopt a firm position in Brussels and to make it clear that the management model followed by the given sector the fruits to recover the stock. "

Humberto Jorge, of the National Association of Seed Producers' Organizations, requests that" in the same way as last year, a serious exercise should be carried out to define the fishing opportunities for S & P. Ensure that the fleet has some activity during the year, without compromising the recovery of resources, which is obvious. "It does not understand how," with recent scientific information pointing to resource recovery, if we insist on working with older information. "

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea had already recommended that the sardine fishery be suspended, and Portugal, Spain and the European Commission subsequently defined a plan limiting catches between two countries at 15 000 tonnes
4855
tonnes is the volume of sardine caught until the end of this month, with daily limits, protective measures for juveniles and monitoring of the fishery. From 1 August, the limit will depend on the scientific surveys conducted in the spring, which indicate the rebuilding of the stock.

Increase of 50%
Preliminary results of the last scientific survey of the Instituto Português do The sea and the atmosphere reported an increase in sardine resources of the order of 50% in June