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Mackerel Fishing Season: Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold for the Basque Fleet

The Atlantic mackerel, a species once abundant in the waters of the Bay of Biscay and the Northeast Atlantic, has reached rock bottom. This species migrates to the Cantabrian Sea in spring from Northern Europe to spawn and is targeted by the Basque fleet, among others. This year, catches are at historic lows. Last Monday, around twenty boats based in the port of Bermeo set sail to fish for mackerel using hook and line. Between them, they barely …
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The Atlantic mackerel, a species once abundant in the waters of the Bay of Biscay and the Northeast Atlantic, has reached rock bottom. This species migrates to the Cantabrian Sea in spring from Northern Europe to spawn and is targeted by the Basque fleet, among others. This year, catches are at historic lows. Last Monday, around twenty boats based in the port of Bermeo set sail to fish for mackerel using hook and line. Between them, they barely …

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noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus broke the news in on Saturday, April 4, 2026.
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