Spain: Fresh fish landings lower

And between January and September, fresh fish landings totalled 172,312 tonnes, which represents a decrease of 4.4 per cent year on year, according to the report issued by the entity under the Ministry of Development.

The port of Vigo concentrated the largest landings of September: it received 7,487 tonnes, representing 0.8 per cent less than during the same month in 2011 (7,546 tonnes).

Meanwhile, in the first nine months of this year 56,651 tonnes were landed in this important Galician port, 4 per cent less than in the same period of 2011 (59,062 tonnes).

In second place was the port of A Coruña, with 33,425 tonnes that entered between January and September, accounting for 0.7 per cent less than in the same period of 2011 (33,676 tonnes); and then Pasajes, with 18,151 tonnes.

Almería port was the one that registered the largest increase in landings, 59.3 per cent: it had received only 2,940 tonnes in the first nine months of 2011, and during the same period of 2012, 4,685 tonnes.

Further back were located the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 5,248 tonnes, 25.6 per cent more than in January-September 2011 (4,176 tonnes); and that of Motril, with 2,696 tonnes, 25.5 per cent more than in the same period last year (2,147 tonnes).

According to the latest report, the largest decrease occurred in the port of Las Palmas: it received only 94 tonnes of fresh fish in the first nine months, accounting for 95.5 per cent less than in the same period of 2011, when landings had totalled 2,114 tonnes.

Another port where there was a significant decrease in fresh fish landings was that of Ceuta: 19 tonnes were unloaded, compared to 53 tonnes between January and September 2011, that is to say, 64.1 per cent less.

In the port of Malaga, fresh fish landings drop was 45.2 per cent: This terminal received 339 tonnes, while in the same period last year 619 tonnes had been unloaded.