Longline Fleets Allowed to Catch other Species

This authorisation will affect 22 boats and will last for three months. It will allow the fleets to fish for other species in areas 12 miles off the coast of any Member State or Third Country.

These changes will allow the surface longline fleet, which has had its bluefin tuna quotas reduced, to fish for other species, allowing the trade and economic exploitation of vessels making use of the same resources throughout the year.

This measure will allow the better utilisation of fisheries resources in the Mediterranean, performing both sustainable fisheries, and without interfering with the activity of the smaller fleets.