Land: Spain

First Spanish small-scale fisheries have entered full assessment to attain MSC certificate, says a report.

While sturgeon is an endangered species in the wild, farming it has been widely accepted as a valid sustainable alternative to obtain high quality caviar. For this reason and for the extreme care taken by Caviar Nacarii in limiting the impact of its production on the environment, its sturgeon and caviar have been awarded the Friend of the Sea sustainability certification

Galician mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Mariscos Linamar S.L. have been certified Friend of the Sea. Both, Mariscos Linamar and Depuradora La Sirena (the purification Plant) are located in the Port of Tragove – Cambados, the geographical centre of the “Rias Baixas”.

Comercial Pernas S.L. is now trading Yellowfin and albacore tuna from approved Friend of the Sea vessels. Suppliers of Comercial Pernas are Grupo Pevaeche Eastern Atlantic tuna seiners fleet and pole and line fleet of South African ICV Africa.

Fishing industry in Spain has strongly reacted over the ‘apocalyptic messages’ on tuna stocks.

Spanish government has decided to close mackerel fishery early due to exhaustion of quota.

The owner of fishing trawlers in Ribeira are concerned about drastic reduction in blue whiting quota, says a report.

Spanish tuna vessel opens fire and turns away the Somali pirates in a close encounter off Seychelles.

The Council of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Junta de Andalucia announced a total ban on the capture of octopus (Octopus vulgaris) during a month and a half in the inner waters of the Gulf of Cadiz.

Since the beginning of the bluefin tuna fishing season, Spanish vessels have caught so many and left with 14 percent of the quota now.