Review of the time-series of catch-and-effort for Spanish purse seiners operating in the Indian Ocean: Preliminary Results

The document presented by Blue Marine Foundation, based on work carried out by the NGO OceanMind (20221) suggests that, in the period from 2019 to 2020, the Spanish fleet has fished within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Indian Ocean coastal countries without access agreements to their waters. Specifically in waters of: India, Somalia and Tanzania. This report represents a follow up to previous information disseminated by Ocean Mind and its results have been broadly disseminated by the media, especially in the UK.