Recreational fishing in Spain 

 Recreational fishing in Spain: First national estimates of fisher population size, fishing activity and fisher social profile. Fisheries Research. 211. 1-12. 10.1016/j.fishres.2018.10.026.

Study published in July 2020 concerning year 2019.
The total of recreational catches is estimated 5% of total catches i.e. commercial fisheries catches amounts to as much as 95% of the total catches! Nevertheless, the recreational fisheries sector generates almost as much economic value as the commercial sector does: 90 million euros per year, which equals 86.8% of the commercial sector’s value.

Recreational catches:
Total recreational fishers: ca. 50,000
Total catch: 1,366 tonnes per year

Shore: 60% of the total recreational fishers. Catch: 508 t
Boat: 34% of the total recreational fishers. Catch: 760 t
Spearfishing: 6% of the total recreational fishers. Catch: 98 t

Read more:

ICATMAR, 2020. Diagnosi de la pesca maritima recreativa a Catalunya (2019). Direcció General de Pesca i Afers Marítims, Generalitat de Catalunya. 24 pp. Treball tècnic (1)