{"id":138021,"date":"2025-11-18T10:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/sin-categorizar\/europe-demands-control-of-recreational-fishing-and-the-balearic-islands-becomes-a-key-laboratory\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:02:36","slug":"europe-demands-control-of-recreational-fishing-and-the-balearic-islands-becomes-a-key-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/current-news\/europe-demands-control-of-recreational-fishing-and-the-balearic-islands-becomes-a-key-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe demands control of recreational fishing and the Balearic Islands becomes a key laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"976\">Recreational fishing is a legal and widespread activity throughout Spain, but its real impact on fish stocks remains unknown. The European Commission seeks to change this situation with a new obligation: <strong data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"973\">from January 10, 2026, Member States will have to declare all recreational catches<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1304\">To anticipate this change, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) has launched the <strong data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1101\">RECRIEO<\/strong> project, which will analyze for the first time throughout the country the magnitude and characteristics of this practice, currently booming. It is estimated that <strong data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1280\">between 900,000 and 1.2 million people<\/strong> practice it in Spain, according to <em>Menorca<\/em> newspaper. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/current-news\/formentera-achieves-consensus-among-fishermen-to-expand-the-marine-reserve-des-freus\/?swcfpc=1\">Formentera achieves consensus among fishermen to expand the Marine Reserve des Freus<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"1311\" data-end=\"1367\"><strong data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"1367\">Balearic Islands, the epicenter of recreational activity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1369\" data-end=\"1593\">The Balearic Islands stand out as one of the territories with the highest fishing and recreational boating activity in the country. <strong data-start=\"1488\" data-end=\"1561\">16.3% of the recreational boats registered in Spain in 2025<\/strong> correspond to the archipelago. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1712\">In addition, according to data from the Conselleria d&#8217;Agricultura i Pesca, there are <strong data-start=\"1660\" data-end=\"1709\">52,512 recreational fishing licenses in force<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"1820\">\n<li data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"1736\">\n<p data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1736\">39,208 individuals<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1764\">\n<p data-start=\"1739\" data-end=\"1764\">11,191 of vessels<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1765\" data-end=\"1793\">\n<p data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1793\">1,592 spearfishing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"1820\">\n<p data-start=\"1796\" data-end=\"1820\">521 sport fishing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1822\" data-end=\"1971\">IEO researchers <strong data-start=\"1849\" data-end=\"1870\">Miguel Cabanellas<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"1889\">Sandra Mayol<\/strong> will be in charge of collecting data in the islands and monitoring the practice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/sin-categorizar\/fishermen-from-ibiza-and-formentera-promote-a-pioneering-plan-to-remove-ghost-nets-from-the-sea\/?swcfpc=1\">Fishermen from Ibiza and Formentera promote a pioneering plan to remove ghost nets from the sea<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"1978\" data-end=\"2029\"><strong data-start=\"1981\" data-end=\"2029\">A scientific challenge: beachside surveys<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2031\" data-end=\"2257\">The project plans to carry out <strong data-start=\"2058\" data-end=\"2101\">2,229 annual surveys throughout the country<\/strong>, 120 of them in the Balearic Islands. About ten interviews per month on beaches, ports and fishing areas will show <strong data-start=\"2213\" data-end=\"2256\">what is caught, how much and by whom.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2259\" data-end=\"2556\">&#8220;The goal is to <strong data-start=\"2275\" data-end=\"2310\">create a national data plan<\/strong> to model the impact of recreational fishing,&#8221; explains Cabanellas. But he admits the difficulty: &#8220;In the short term it is a utopia to get all fishermen to declare their catches, especially those that do not always fall under the law&#8221;. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/actualidad\/mas-de-12-millones-para-reforzar-la-investigacion-y-la-gestion-sostenible-de-la-pesca-en-baleares\/?swcfpc=1\">More than 1.2 million to strengthen research and sustainable fisheries management in the Balearic Islands<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2558\" data-end=\"2792\">The researcher stresses that the value of the project will be especially visible in the medium and long term, when there is a solid historical series that will make it possible to detect trends and estimate how much of the catch is left out of the record.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2799\" data-end=\"2870\"><strong data-start=\"2802\" data-end=\"2870\">Most pressured species: yellowtail, llampuga, squid and greenfin tuna.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2872\" data-end=\"3141\">In the Balearic Islands, the pressure on species of high commercial and social value is evident. &#8220;The <strong data-start=\"2961\" data-end=\"2973\">llampuga<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"2979\" data-end=\"2987\">raor<\/strong> are two of the most coveted species by both recreational and professional fishermen,&#8221; says Cabanellas. Both fetch high prices in the fish market.  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3143\" data-end=\"3385\"><strong data-start=\"3146\" data-end=\"3157\">Squid<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"3162\" data-end=\"3171\">octopus<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"3176\" data-end=\"3186\">dentex<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"3192\" data-end=\"3204\">verderol<\/strong> also suffer considerable overexploitation. In addition, their ecological importance is high, as many of these species are at the top of the food chain. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3387\" data-end=\"3574\">In recent years, the Government has opened sanctioning proceedings for the <strong data-start=\"3458\" data-end=\"3498\">illegal sale of recreational catches<\/strong>, a prohibited practice that the professional sector has been denouncing for some time.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"3581\" data-end=\"3653\"><strong data-start=\"3584\" data-end=\"3653\">A revealing antecedent: 34% of the squid in Palma Bay<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3655\" data-end=\"3950\">The impact of recreational fishing was evidenced in a previous study conducted by Cabanellas in his thesis at Imedea. Between 2009 and 2014 he determined that, in the Bay of Palma alone, recreational fishermen caught <strong data-start=\"3878\" data-end=\"3900\">34% of the squid<\/strong> obtained by the entire commercial fleet of the Islands. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/actualidad\/estas-son-las-exigencias-de-la-pesca-recreativa-de-ibiza-que-llegaran-a-la-mesa-del-govern-balear\/?swcfpc=1\">These are the demands of Ibiza&#8217;s recreational fishing that will come to the table of the Balearic Government.<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"3957\" data-end=\"4017\"><strong data-start=\"3960\" data-end=\"4017\">A European obligation to improve sustainability<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"4019\" data-end=\"4301\">The EU is seeking to improve the quality of fisheries data and <strong data-start=\"4075\" data-end=\"4142\">include recreational catches in stock assessments<\/strong>, something that several northern European countries are already doing. The explosion of recreational boating during the pandemic accelerated concern about this activity. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4303\" data-end=\"4505\">&#8220;Having reliable and continuous data is essential to ensure the sustainability of marine resources,&#8221; says <strong data-start=\"4422\" data-end=\"4437\">Paz Jim\u00e9nez<\/strong>, researcher at the IEO in C\u00e1diz and head of the RECRIEO project.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"4512\" data-end=\"4571\"><strong data-start=\"4515\" data-end=\"4571\">A comprehensive study with impact on future management<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"4573\" data-end=\"4598\">RECRIEO will also address:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"4599\" data-end=\"4648\">\n<p data-start=\"4601\" data-end=\"4648\">Fishing effort and activity zones<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4649\" data-end=\"4696\">\n<p data-start=\"4651\" data-end=\"4696\">Biological data of the species captured<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4697\" data-end=\"4738\">\n<p data-start=\"4699\" data-end=\"4738\">A socioeconomic analysis of the sector<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4739\" data-end=\"4800\">\n<p data-start=\"4741\" data-end=\"4800\">Technical recommendations to the General Secretariat of Fisheries<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"4802\" data-end=\"5028\">The project is coordinated by a multidisciplinary team of <strong data-start=\"4864\" data-end=\"4882\">20 scientists<\/strong> from eight IEO centers. At the end of September they held the first working meeting to design the surveys and the sampling strategy. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/actualidad\/rescatan-en-tagomago-una-tortuga-marina-atrapada-en-un-artefacto-de-pesca-africano\/?swcfpc=1\">A sea turtle trapped in an African fishing gear is rescued in Tagomago<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"5035\" data-end=\"5076\"><strong data-start=\"5038\" data-end=\"5076\">Will there be restrictions in the future?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"5078\" data-end=\"5306\">Although confirming the impact of recreational fishing could lead to new limitations, experts recall that these measures often favor species recovery and ensure long-term sustainable activity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5308\" data-end=\"5402\">&#8220;It is important to make the industry understand that this <strong data-start=\"5357\" data-end=\"5379\">is in their best interest<\/strong>,&#8221; Cabanellas concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IEO-CSIC initiates a national study to measure the impact of this activity before the obligation to declare catches in 2026. 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