The fleet signed a first campaign very similar to that of 2019
This first campaign ended on April 28. The data managed by the Department of Natural Resources of the island Government puts the total catches of Loligo to date at 58,578 tons, a volume very similar to that achieved in the first of 2019 and also in all of last year, when the lowest quantity since 2016 was signed (with 60,737 tons). “The last four years have maintained good averages, with good fishing management; the fishing ground is in good condition, “say sources from the Vigo shipowners.
Waiting for the market to adjust to the abundant quantity of the cephalopod that will reach the industry in the coming weeks in Vigo (around 90% of Malvinas fish exports arrive in the city) or Marín, companies are preparing for tariffs. Attempts to have the archipelago’s special situation (due to its high dependence on fishing and the community market) be included in the EU agreement with the United Kingdom were unsuccessful and Malvinas, like the rest of overseas territories, was left out of the pact. Since then, the island government, the Spanish Ministry of Fisheries and the sector They are working to try to achieve a tariff quota for Patagonian squid to relieve firms.
