Overview
- The small-scale coastal fleet has relaunched its first major campaign after months tied up in port.
- Early trips are reporting virtually no mackerel, with some boats landing only sardine.
- Allocations are described as especially low this year, and Bizkaia guilds say their final quota remains unsettled.
- The fisheries administration frames the campaign as open but watched and may act if sales surge or fleet tensions disrupt auctions.
- The mackerel run will overlap almost immediately with anchovy, adding time and market pressure across Cantabrian ports.