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What it is

Ban on selling fish caught with illegal nets or undersized fish

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 5 September 1994. Introduced by: Grupo Vasco (PNV).

Official title: Private member's bill on measures regarding the conservation and marketing of fishery products.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000067· updated 11 Nov

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  1. Selling fish products in Spain is banned if they come from European Union countries and were caught breaking EU conservation rules. This includes fish caught with drifting gillnets (volantas) or pelagic trawling, such as anchovies and sardines.
  2. It is also banned to sell fish products below the minimum sizes, as well as immature specimens of each species.
  3. Public administrations must approve, within one month, the rules needed to apply the law.
  4. The law takes effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).

Who it affects

  • Companies and shops that sell fish products: They cannot sell in Spain fish caught illegally by vessels from other European Union countries.
  • Sellers of fish products: They cannot offer for sale fish below the minimum size or immature fish.
  • Public administrations: They must issue, within one month, the rules to apply the law.
  • Spanish fishing fleet: Their effort in not fishing with the banned gear is recognized.

Words worth knowing

Redes de enmalle a la deriva (volantas)
Nets that hang near the sea surface and catch fish that get tangled in them. They are banned by the European Union.
Arrastre pelágico
A fishing method that drags a net through the water at mid-depth to catch schools of fish.
Talla mínima
The minimum size a fish must have to be sold legally.
Artes de pesca
The gear or nets used for fishing.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced5 September 1994Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted6 September 1994The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEno dateIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
Sept 199411. 5 September 1994: Presentación22. 6 September 1994: Calificación

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Published in the BOE: Law 20/1995, of July 6, on measures relating to the conservation and marketing of fishery products.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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