Spanish fleet, by catching capacity – GT tons, gross tonnage or gross tonnage–, a quarter of your chance Fishing in community waters. In addition, Galician used to play almost half: i.e. about 12 tons for every hundred possible total permitted catch (TAC). The truth is light years away from this logical distribution. When Spain joined the European Economic Community in 1986, it was content with crumbs, as the so-called criterion of relative stability, which had prevailed over the fleets of France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, was preserved and continues to this day. and Germany. So, together, to Spain corresponded to about 7% of all TACs, among other consequences, the so-called liquidation 300-man fleet of the Great Sun. sniper it has since been maintained – in the name of protecting fisheries – but has intensified over the past two years with Virginijus Sinkevicius in charge of the Fisheries area in Brussels. According to the same European Commission, which advocates for the downsizing of the fleet, in a scenario where there is an urgent need for more food sovereignty, with the added and perverse effect: Galicia currently imports 50% more fish than it catches.
These are data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Minister of Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and cross-checked by FARO for this analysis. FAO has just updated world catch records for 2021. They give a total of 799,930 tons for the Spanish fleet.
Slight increase over the previous year, very marked by COVID and historically low levels; The years when Spanish-flagged ships exceeded one million tons will not return. According to this figure and fishing capacity, Galician ships correspond to 334,200 tons killed. Almost 50% less than the 605,000 tons Galicia had to import.for both the end consumer and the processing industry in the same twelve months.
An addiction that doesn’t stop rising and 10% increase in just two years since 2019 before the pandemic. And here two factors come together: not only is Galicia’s deteriorating fishing capacity now even more emphasized by regulations against bottom fishing or limiting marine protected areas, but also the growing strength of the processed industry.
No other part of Europe has as many companies located in the regions of Vigo and Pontevedra., with a combined turnover of 5,100 million Euros among only twenty main companies, as this paper reveals for the first time. The product supply provided by the installers with the flag will decrease. In fact, apart from actions in industrial capacity and logistics, all investments made are received by countries such as Mauritania, Morocco, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru or South Africa.
In many cases, with operations that give a second life through re-marking processes to vessels forced to leave the Cantabrian or Gran Sol fishing grounds due to a lack of profitability. When there is no possible opportunity for these ships, scrapping is the last voyage. Just like the Vigo proprietary trawler has just begun Follower –deregistration date May 11–, built 1989 in Asstander and is a member of the triumvirate. scavenger And predatory. Say goodbye to the 39 meter long 432 GT.