This Nature Conservation Service of the Alicante Civil Guard (Seprona) intervened in the event port of Santa Pola 31.5 kilos of red shrimp, rock octopus and monkfish, which were marketed before they were first sold on the market. In addition, octopus and monkfish specimens are immature. Representatives reported three boats and one retailer who were fined between 601 and 60,000 euros for violating the Fisheries at Sea Act.
The irregularities were discovered on 13 December by Seprona during an inspection at the Santa Pola fishing port. Some of the auditees did not offer the caught species before they were first offered for sale on the market. These were red shrimp, rock octopus and monkfish. Nor were they declared in the registry. from fishing vessels.
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The first sale is the sale in which the fish product is unloaded and the price and traceability of the aquatic product is documented. It will be declared when the item is offered at auction, and sanitary checks necessary for commercialization. Commercializing the fish without going through this first sale precludes having reliable information about the species in question, its price, origin, storage and optimal consumption dates, among other things.
Hiding these captures prevents transport real control over captures The total of each species within a given fishing area, as well as the inspected octopus and monkfish specimens, were immature.
According to the Civil Guard, failure to respect the maturity of the species in capturing specimens and exceeding the hunting quota corresponding to the hunting area endanger “social life”. survival of the species and against everyone’s future food possibilities.
The criminals, three fishing boats and a retailer were reported to the Marine Fisheries Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition, which has been the competent authority since part of the merchandise was sold illegally. Defendants face to face Fines from 601 to 60,000 euros For serious violations contained in the State Marine Fisheries Act 3/2001.
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In total, agents intervened 12 kilos of red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus), 16 kilos rock octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and 3.5 kilos monkfish tail (Lophius piscatorius). The red shrimp, which was carefully intervened for its presentation in the first sale, could be put on the market after passing the relevant controls by veterinarians. Octopus and monkfish treated for health problems demolition.
Seprona periodically performs these inspections as part of the Annual Control and Inspection Plan for Fisheries Activities (PACIAP) to prevent fraud in the trade of fisheries-derived products. These inspections are carried out throughout the year, although they are intensified on dates when sales increase, such as at Christmas.