PRIMARY SECTOR ACTIVITIES: FISHING

Fishing is still an important part of the primary sector in Spain.
However fishing has declined over the last fifty years.
There are two reasons for this:

• Overfishing, when too many fish are caught, has reduced many species.
• Restrictions on fishing areas at sea have been imposed by European and international policies.

Overfishing, photo by C Ortiz Rojas, from NOAA