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BOE-A-2026-2865 ·7 February 2026 ·Resolution Low impact
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Purse seiners in the Cantabrian and North-West Sea: allocation of individual mackerel quotas for 2026

The General Secretariat of Fisheries has established individual fishing opportunities and quotas for purse seiners in the Cantabrian and North-West fishing grounds. Due to a lack of agreement in NEAFC consultations, a provisional TAC is applied to mackerel (stock MAC/8C3411), resulting in an adjusted quota for Spain of 9,475 tonnes, following the addition of the initial quota, 2025 flexibility surpluses, and contributions from other Member States.

In 2 key points

  1. Spain's adjusted mackerel quota for stock MAC/8C3411 for 2026 amounts to 9,475 tonnes. (antecedentes)
  2. Spain's provisional quota for stock MAC/8C3411 is 5,907 tonnes until 30 June 2026. (antecedentes)

How it affects those involved

For shipowners and authorised purse seiners in the Cantabrian and North-West areas, this resolution determines the exact volume of mackerel they may catch during the 2026 campaign. The increase in the Spanish quota to 9,475 tonnes (compared to the initial 6,563 tonnes) is due to the inclusion of inter-annual flexibility and banking from other countries, allowing for greater exploitation capacity of stock MAC/8C3411.

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2026-02-07PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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