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The government has assured this Friday that the sardine fishery will continue with a "low and very strict" level, aimed at the recovery of the resource.
"The sardine fishery will continue with a level of catch," said State Secretary for Fisheries José Apolinário in statements to Lusa.
This is a scientific opinion of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), which recommends a ban on sardine fishing in 2019.
"This ICES recommendation concerns the achievement of maximum sustainable yield from fishing by 2020. Portugal and Spain presented [um plano] to the European Commission and ICES (19659002) José Apolinário highlighted the 55% increase in the state of biomass (total existing sardines) between 2015 and 2017, which reveals "that containment measures are beginning
According to data from the Ministry of the Sea, Portugal and Spain agreed on a total catch of 7,300 tonnes by 31 July 2018, of which 4,855 tonnes for Portugal.
a "concertation of positions" between the two countries and the European Commission is still ongoing to set catch limits after 1 August.
"Our main goal is to manage the sardine resource in a sustainable way and, (19659002) According to the responsible, the new scientific cruise of the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) will be held in November for monitoring the state of the resource ", and also allows for a" reassessment "of fishing opportunities for 2019.
According to ICES, the sardine stock of one or more year is down since 2006, 4 million tonnes
Recruitment (new fish) has already been "below average, since 2005, reaching even its worst result in 2017", below 5 billion tonnes.
Although it recommends the suspension of For example, if the number of fish catches between two and five years is the same as in 2018, the biomass of more than one year will be d & # 39; About 158,409 tonnes,
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