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 Swordfish

Ordinance No 237/2022, of 14 September  Download (645 KB)
Ordinance No 898/2004, of 22 July  Download (95.8 KB)
Dispatch No 21/DG/2025, of 17 april  Download (373 KB)
Dispatch No 24/DG/2025, of 26 may  Download (86 KB)

Regulation (EU) 2025/202, of 30 January 2025, establishes for Portugal, in 2024, the following quotas for swordfish - Xiphias gladius:

  • Atlantic Ocean, North of 5 ° N (SWO / AN05N) - 1071,6 tonnes.
  • Atlantic Ocean, south of 5 ° N (SWO / AS05N) - 301,6 tonnes.    

The quota allocated to the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5 ° N, is divided as follows:

 

  • Vessels registered in ports in the Mainland - 66.1% - 708,3 tonnes.     
  • Vessels registered in ports in the Autonomous Region of the Azores - 31% - 332,2 tonnes
  • Vessels registered in ports in the Autonomous Region of Madeira - 2.9% - 31,1 tonnes 

 

Table of adjusted swordfish quotas allocated to vessels licensed for fishing in the Atlantic north of 5º
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 Mackerel

Dispatch No 17/DG/2025, which allocates the Portuguese quota for available mackerel, by vessel authorized to operate with trawls, in ICES zone 8c.

Ordinance No 62/2019 of 14 February, which proceeds to the second amendment of Ordinance No 286-C / 2014, of 31 December and republishes it.

Ordinance No 322/2016 of 16 December, which makes the first amendment to Ordinance No 286-C / 2014, of 31 December.

Ordinance No 286-C/2014, established the mackerel quota management model (Scomber scombrus), available for Portugal in ICES divisions 8c, 9 and 10 and in CECAF division 34.1.1, allocating the available quota for the various fleets that traditionally have fishing opportunities for this species.
 

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