Between January and March 2014 a total of 50,976 tonnes of fresh fish entered the ports of Spain, 1.4 per cent less than in the same period of 2013 when 51,742 tonnes were unloaded, informed Puertos del Estado.
According to a report issued by the entity under the Ministry of Development, in March 22,262 tonnes of fresh fish entered, that is to say, 1 per cent more than in the third month last year (22,021 tonnes).
The port of Vigo concentrated the largest landings in March: it received 5,168 tonnes, 5 per cent more than during the same month in 2013 (4,919 tonnes).
Meanwhile, in the first three months of this year 13,201 tonnes were landed in this important Spanish port, 2.8 per cent less than in the same period in 2013 (13,593 tonnes).
The port of A Coruña was in second place with 10,368 tonnes that entered between January and March, 6.2 per cent more than in the same period in 2013 (9,759 tonnes).
Pasajes port was in third place with 6,662 tonnes, that is to say, 10 per cent less than in the period between January and March, 2013 (7,403 tonnes).
The port Tarragona was the one that registered the largest increase in landings, amounting to 789.7 per cent: it had received only 391 tonnes in the first three months of 2013 and the same period in 2014, 3,479 tonnes.
The ports of Algeciras Bay with 129 tonnes, representing 163.2 per cent more than in the period between January and March, 2013 (49 tonnes); and that of Valencia, with 399 tonnes, 125.4 per cent more than in the same period last year (177 tonnes) were located further behind.
According to the latest report from Puertos del Estado, the largest decrease occurred in the port of Gijon: it received 3,018 tonnes of fresh fish in the first three months of 2014 while in the same period in 2013, 4,926 tonnes had been unloaded there.
Another port where there was a significant decrease in fresh fish landings was that of Aviles: 3,456 tonnes were landed compared to 5,070 tonnes between January and March 2013, that is to say, 31.8 per cent less.
In the port of Santander the fall in fresh fish landings was 29.7 per cent: this terminal received 1,665 tonnes while in the same period last year 2,369 tonnes had been unloaded.