Strike action being considered if there is further reduction in fishing days

Domingo Bonnin, president of the federation of fishermen's brotherhoods in the Balearics, considers that the reduction would be "unjust". He says that since the multi-annual plan for western Mediterranean fisheries was activated, the number of fishing days has been cut by 20% over a two-year period. In addition, trawling has been subject to temporary stoppages.

Bonnin argues that the situation in the Balearics is not comparable with other Mediterranean fishing fleets. In the Balearics, there are 1,300 kilometres of coastline and a total of 33 professional boats. The Catalonian and Valencian coastline is roughly 1,400 kilometres long, but there are 440 boats. He insists that "Europe should take this into account".