Overview
- Spain's fisheries resolution took effect on January 10, adding precise species counts, onboard weighing and a 2.5‑hour pre‑arrival notice, according to the Valencian government.
- Regional conseller Miguel Barrachina denounced the measure as a direct attack on Valencian fishermen and unworkable for small ‘artes menores’ boats.
- The Generalitat submitted formal objections calling for notification upon landing and official weighing at the lonja to make controls feasible and transparent.
- Separately, sector groups report EU rules now require vessels over 12 meters to weigh and declare catches before port and to provide four hours' notice.
- Galician fishing guilds plan to tie up boats and hold demonstrations in O Grove and Cambados, citing safety risks, added bureaucracy and the removal of the 50‑kilogram reporting threshold.