As per the information available nearly 730 Spanish vessels from all over the nation are allowed to capture the resource and throughout the European Union (EU). The head of Fisheries at the General Delegation of the Government in Asturias, Francisco González Zapico, presented information in Gijón for skipjack tuna, which specifies that the port Cudillero has the largest fleet: 29 boats.
Some owners obtain licenses and use them if they are not successful with their main fishery -usually hake or tuna. According to Zapico Gonzalez only one Asturian ship that works with live bait, Nueva Emperatriz, has a quota of 2,712 kg of bluefin tuna, reported El Comercio Digital.
The information said that Gijón market is the only one this year authorised to auction bluefin tuna in the Principality. Gonzalez Zapico further said that historically fishing limits were not reached, with anchovy, the quota was also not reached and we know what happened. He added that the current campaign revealed that after several days with few fish caught and high prices, the situation began to improve with tuna stocks closer to shore, although they have not yet entered the Bay of Biscay.
