The state quota for anchovies in this fishery is 31,614,622 kilos. In the Cantabrian Sea (Euskadi, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia) the catch amounts to 11.4 million kilos, which represents 36% of the state quota. The average price of anchovies is €1.55/kilo.
Last Friday, the Antxua Eguna was held in Getaria (Gipuzkoa), where data on anchovy and greenfish fishing were presented. According to data presented on May 1, 6,734,991 kilos of anchovies have been unloaded in the Basque ports, at an average price of 1.51 euros per kilo. Of this, 2,619,836 kilos were unloaded by the Euskadi fleet, at an average price of €1.61/kilo, with a worldwide turnover of €4,229,248.05.
The ports of Gipuzkoa (Getaria, Pasaia and Hondarribia) recorded unloading figures of 2,938,439 kilos, at an average price of €1.55/kilo. In Bizkaia (Bermeo, Ondarroa and Santurtzi) approximately 3.8 tonnes were unloaded, at an average price of €1.47/kilo.
Faced with these data, Tapia has announced that he expects a positive evolution for the Basque fishing sector, “both in terms of catches and average prices. Last year (2023), around the same time, catches amounted to 3.2 million kilos, at an average price of 1.97 euros/kilo.”
The state quota for anchovies in this fishery is 31,614,622 kilos. In the Cantabrian Sea (Euskadi, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia) the catch amounts to 11.4 million kilos, which represents 36% of the state quota.
At the events in Getaria, Councilor Tapia was accompanied by the Mayor of the City Haritz Alberdi, the Deputy Advisor of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy Bittor Oroz, the Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture Leandro Azkue, the President of the Getaria Brotherhood Emeterio Urresti , who the Brotherhood of Gipuzkoa, its director Miren Garmendia, and the president of the Brotherhoods of Bizkaia, Eusebio Arantzamendi.
Fisheries data from Verdel
As regards greenfish fishing, the total number of kilos unloaded in Euskadi ports until the beginning of the month amounted to just over nine million, at an average price of 1.33 euros/kilo. Of this, the catch of the Basque fleet amounts to 5,826,083 kilos, at an average price of €1.21/kilo with a global turnover of seven million euros.
The ports of Gipuzkoa have recorded unloading figures of 5,600,504 kilos at an average price of €1.26/kilo. Approximately 3.5 million kilos were unloaded in Bizkaia, at an average price of €1.44/kilo.
The Verdel state quota is distributed among the different fleet segments engaged in fishing (trawling, purse seining and small fishing gear). From May 1, the current Verdelkust will be in its final stretch.
As for the Euskadi trawl and purse seine fleets, catches have reached 87% and 100% of their quota respectively. The trawl quota for the Euskadi fleet is 180,000 kilos and the purse seine quota is 4.3 million kilos.
Regarding the smallest fleet, of small fishing gear, the quota available to the Biscayan fleet is 3.3 million kilos, of which 21% has been captured. As for the Guipuzcoan fleet, which has a quota of 1.4 million kilos, the catch is 29%.
Even though the average price of the Verdel fishery as a whole has increased slightly compared to the previous year (€1.05/kilo), “this does not compensate for the decline in Verdel catches, which is fundamentally due to the pronounced decline that the small The gear fishery has had a hard time over the past three years,” said the Basque government.
Source: EITB
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