In the acts of the Antxua Eguna eta Arrantzale Eguna, which is held today in the Gipuzkoan town of Getaria, the Basque Government’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Policy has released a first balance of the anchovy and mackerel fishery for this 2023 .
The Basque fleet has unloaded until the beginning of May 3241 tons of anchovy at 1.97 euros per kilo —in 2022 in the same period it unloaded 4620 tons at an average of 1.08 euros— and 7474 mackerel at 1.05 euros per kilo —Last year there were 7,945 tons at 1.42 euros per kilo. However, the total kilos of anchovy unloaded in the ports of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa since the start of the season (March 3) amounts to 5,926 tons, while the total mackerel unloaded reaches 11,625 tons.
This first balance of the anchovy and mackerel fishery was presented this morning by the Basque Government’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Policy, Bittor Oroz, at the events of the Antxua Eguna and Arrantzale Eguna, which is held in the Gipuzkoan town of Getaria. As he has said, “the development of the coastal area up to now can be described as satisfactory, both for the catches, as well as for the average price obtained, in both cases higher than last year’s data for these same dates.”
With the anchovy landings to date, the overall turnover of the Basque fleet amounts to 6,377,612 euros, while the mackerel fishery reaches 7,474,247 euros in this first balance.
Also present at the Getaria event were the mayor of the town, Haritz Alberdi, the Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Basque Government, Leandro Azkue, the president of the Getaria Brotherhood, Emeterio Urresti, and the president of the Brotherhoods of Bizkaia, Eusebio Arantzamendi.
Source: Eitb
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