Oceana said that the quota for anchovy approved by the European Council is "contrary" to the scientific recommendations.
Oceana has assured on Monday that the European Union has "ignored again," the scientific recommendations when setting the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay.
In a statement, the conservation organization notes that the 15 600 tonnes approved by the European Council of Ministers cause falling below the biomass precautionary limits in 2011, according to a report, global agenda credits, released in early July by the International Council for Exploration del Mar (CIEM / ICES).
"If this happens, next season in jeopardy and could be taken to re-close the fishery, as happened between 2005 and 2009 after the TAC excess of previous years," warns Oceana.
Therefore, claims management based on scientific reports, as both have been, cheap darkfall gold, announcing the Commissioner of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, as the Minister of Environment, and Rural and Marine Affairs, Elena Espinosa.
However, the adoption of this TAC is placed "off limits" set by scientists as "safe" for the species.
So, remember that ICES, a leading scientific institutions in the assessment of fish stocks, recommended a TAC of 6,000, ffxiv gil, tonnes in the Cantabrian to implement a management based on the principle of precaution.
"Despite repeated announcements and Espinosa Damanaki to manage fisheries in accordance with scientific recommendations, has not hesitated to adopt a TAC outside any scientific advice, and even higher than the industry itself was demanding," says Ricardo Aguilar , research director of Oceana Europe.
Missed opportunity
"This first missed opportunity in the application of sustainable management alerts and means ignites the continuity of fisheries mismanagement," he adds.
Claimed, biomass estimates published by ICES set a range between 34 000 and 78 000 tonnes in the Cantabrian. Remember about Anchovy is a sort of "very vulnerable" to environmental changes, so that a "bad year" coupled with "poor management" could determine a "relapse of the population."
"After five years of closure of the fishery and after a TAC of 7,000 tonnes in 2009, has no scientific support to implement a fee as acordada2 insist.
"In the EU, 78% ignored the recommendations of the scientists on TAC," emphasizes Oceana, which considers that this practice "compromises not only the good state of fisheries resources, but also the long-term sustainability of the sector" . In fact, he concludes, "the European Commission acknowledges that 88% of assessed stocks in EU waters are already over-exploited."