Fish landings at Vigo port. (Photo: Apvigo)

Fresh fish landings rose in January

SPAIN
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 22:30 (GMT + 9)

This past January 12,656 tonnes of fresh fish were received by 28 fishing terminals, 22.2 per cent more than in the first month of 2009, when 10,353 tonnes entered the country.

The Galician ports of Vigo and A Corunna together received a little more than half the landings, or 6,452 tonnes of fresh fish, according to a report by the public entity State Ports, a dependency of the Ministry of Development.

In the port of Vigo 3,776 tonnes were unloaded in January, that is, 2 per cent less than in the same month of 2009, when landings added up to 3,855 tonnes.

Meanwhile, 2,676 tonnes were landed in the port terminal of A Corunna, 46.2 per cent more than in January of last year, when 1,830 tonnes were disembarked.

The port of Malaga registered the steepest fall: it received only 62 tonnes of fresh fish landings, 47 per cent less than January 2009’s 117 tonnes.

Alicante was another port marked by a significant diminution in fresh fishing landings: 31 tonnes were unloaded against 49 tonnes in January 2009, that is, 36.7 per cent less.

In the port of the Bay of Cadiz, the diminution in landings was of 7 per cent. This terminal received 962 tonnes in the first month of 2010, whereas 1,035 tonnes were unloaded there last year.

In the port of Castellon 161 tonnes of fresh fish were landed in January, 4.7 per cent less than in the first month of 2009, when 169 tonnes were received.

In contrast, the official report reveals that the Balearics was the port terminal with the highest spike in fresh fish landings, unloading 202 tonnes in January, compared to 34 tonnes in January 2009 – that is, 494.1 per cent more.

Another of these ports was that of Almeria, which registered an increase of 231.6 per cent, with landings rising from 101 tonnes in 2009 to 335 tonnes in 2010.

The port of Ferrol-Saint Cibrao also registered more activity: it received 18 tonnes last January, 157.1 per cent more than in the same month of 2009, when landings reached 7 tonnes.

Finally, the port of Aviles received 1,031 tonnes of fresh fish, 103.7 per cent more than in January 2009, when 506 tonnes were unloaded.

By Analia Murias
editorial@fis.com
www.fis.com

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