Sardine fishing in Portugal reopened today
Sardine fishing reopened today at 00:00, with a Portuguese fleet having 29,400 tons of global limit of catches discharged with the seine art for 2022, according to an order published on Friday.
The diploma defines, on each fishing day, the limit of sardines allowed or put up for sale, with a maximum of 495 kilograms of sardines calibrated as T4, different for vessels with an overall length of less than or equal to nine meters (1,080 kilograms), greater than nine meters and less than or equal to 16 meters (2,160 kilograms) and greater than 16 meters (3,240 kilograms).
The order prohibits the boarding, maintenance on board, unloading of sardines “every day” and prohibits the transfer of sardines to a different batch from the one corresponding to the port of unloading, as well as the same boarding trip and boarding in more than one port. during each day.
The fishing day corresponds to each 24-hour period following the end of the 48-hour break during the weekend, designated by areas of jurisdiction of the captaincies.
From Caminha to Figueira da Foz it is from 00:00 on Saturday to 00:00 on Monday;
From Nazaré to Lisbon from 12:00 on Saturday until 12:00 on Monday;
From Setúbal and Sines it is from 8 pm on Friday to 8 pm on Sunday;
From Lagos, Portimão and Sagres it is from 18:00 on Friday to 18:00 on Sunday;
From Faro to Vila Real de Santo António it is from 18:00 on Friday to 18:00 on Sunday.
The Minister of Agriculture, Maria do Céu Antunes, recalls in the preamble of the order that sardine fishing is managed jointly by Portugal and Spain and that the two countries, in a preventive approach, have been reaching catch limits, according to with scientific advice.
“Portugal, with the economy of guaranteeing the sustainability, social and environmental of the resource, analyzes and debates the main issues related to fisheries management within the scope of the monitoring committee […] with the establishment of embarkation for fishing for sardines in the Portuguese mainland coast”, he says.
still remember that Portugal and Spain develop a multi-annual plan for the period from 2021 to 2026 for the management of sardines in divisions 8c of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (CI9) which, for CI9 Exploration of the Sea (EM) which, for CI9 Exploration of the Sea beyond, includes from the annual exploration level of the additional measures, inclusion of the juvenile protection program and measures to reinforce complementary campaigns to protect juveniles and capture advanced state of the resource campaigns.
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The association of sardine fishing with determination of the sector of the annual Friday for satisfaction of catches this, as well as other decisions determined in the dispatch of the sardine.
“The dispatch corresponds to the expectations that the sector had, after the conversations it had with the guardianship and the knowledge”, Humberto Jorge, president of the National Association of Fisheries Organizations (ANOP) do Cerco, told the Lusa agency.
Decisions began to be dispatched, came to fruition, allowed the sector to “fish a little more than in 2021, start activity on May 2, when last year it was in mid-May, and have a slightly higher daily limit, with 140 baskets a day, almost three tons”.
The possibilities will still “allow the fleet to operate until the end of the sector”.
With the recovery of the sardine ‘stock’, reflected in the decisions made known on Friday, ANOP Cerco started the MSC international review process of the Iberian sardine, which had already been suspended in 2013 for the reduction of resource no. sea, waiting for this recognition in 2023.
“From the job market it is very important, because we can go back to fishing more important at important moments than what the industry working in fresh markets absorbs and supplies in preservative markets in northern Europe, where certifications have a positive impact on of the final consumer”.