Because they are caught in fishing grounds close to the port where they are unloaded, they have an unsurpassed level of freshness.
They provide a specific type of proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals, and incorporate essential amino acids for life that the body cannot synthesize.
Fish and aquaculture products have three major advantages: they are natural, healthy, and easily digestible.
The only land in the peninsula bathed by two large seas gives us the privilege of enjoying a diversity and quality of fish products unique in Europe.
From our 25 fish markets, added to those obtained through aquaculture, we obtain an extraordinary variety of families and species of fish and shellfish that are part of our culture and our way of life.
The Protected Geographical Indications guarantee the high quality of 'Caballa de Andalucía' (Andalusian Mackerel), 'Melva de Andalucía' (Andalusian Frigate Tuna), 'Mojama de Barbate' and 'Mojama de Isla Cristina', the only ones of this type in Spain registered in the European Union.
Mojama is recognized by the national market as a gourmet product, characterized by its careful preparation, high price, and selective consumption.
Andalusia has a long-standing maritime tradition and a close relationship between its inhabitants and the sea. The environmental sustainability of fishing in the region seeks a harmony between economic and social benefits, as well as for marine biodiversity.
Artisanal fishing, very present along the Andalusian coast, with simpler and more traditional methods of capture, respects marine ecosystems and promotes the development and wealth of coastal communities.
New approaches to fisheries management consider the sea as a renewable, but not infinite, resource, and greater respect for the environment is necessary, allowing for the future of species, the fishing sector, and the marine environment.