Between January and August 2013 a total of 149,090 tonnes of fresh fish entered the ports of Spain, 5.1 per cent less than in the same period of 2012, when landings reached 157,167 tonnes, reported Puertos del Estado.
According to a report issued by the entity, under the Ministry of Public Works, in August 21,330 tonnes of fresh fish entered, 3.3 per cent less than in the same month last year (22,036 tonnes).
The port of Vigo concentrated the largest landings in August: it received 8,093 tonnes, 2.1 per cent less than during the same month in 2012 (8,262 tonnes).
Meanwhile, in the first eight months of this year 48,083 tonnes were landed in this important Galician port, 2.2 per cent less than in the same period in 2012 (49,164 tonnes).
In second place was the port of A Coruña, with 29,790 tonnes that were landed between January and August, up 2.1 per cent in the same period in 2012 (30,448 tonnes); and then Pasajes with 15,804 tonnes.
Cartagena Port was the one that registered the largest increase in landings, 24.7 per cent: it had received 360 tonnes in the first eight months of 2012, and in the same period in 2013, 449 tonnes were landed.
Further back were the ports of Marin and Pontevedra estuary, with 1,458 tonnes, up 19 per cent from January to August 2012 (1,225 tonnes); and Tarragona with 2,201 tonnes, 18.3 per cent more than in the same period last year (1,860 tonnes).
According to the latest report, the largest decrease occurred in the port of Barcelona: it received only 200 tonnes of fresh fish in the first eight months, 85.8 per cent less than in the same period of 2012, when landings totalled 1,408 tonnes.
Another port where there was a significant decrease in fresh fish landings was that of Las Palmas: 105 tonnes were landed compared to 462 tonnes between January and August 2012, that is to say, 77.2 per cent less.
In the port of Almeria the drop in fresh fish landings was 49.5 per cent: this terminal received 2,110 tonnes while in the same period last year 4,179 tonnes had been unloaded.