{"id":157598,"date":"2026-08-31T09:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/temporada-pesca-raor-balears-2026-27\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:45:44","slug":"temporada-pesca-raor-balears-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/temporada-pesca-raor-balears-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Raor fishing season in the Balearic Islands to run until 31 March 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>raor fishing season in the Balearic Islands<\/strong> begins this Tuesday, <strong>1 September<\/strong>, and will <strong>run until 31 March 2027<\/strong>. Anglers may catch a <strong>maximum of 50 fish per person per day<\/strong>, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-157577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pesca-raor-temporada-mallorca-e1788173288208.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"762\" height=\"570\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The season will open on the same date along the entire coastline of the islands, including marine reserves. The only exception is the <strong>Highly Protected Area of the Illes Malgrats<\/strong>, where fishing will not be permitted until <strong>1 October<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Raor population recovers after more than two decades of closed seasons<\/h2>\n<p>The new season begins with the raor (<em>Xyrichtys novacula<\/em>) population <strong>recovered after more than two decades of closed seasons during its reproductive period<\/strong>. The latest figures show a significant increase in the size of the fish: their average weight reached <strong>70 grams in 2025, compared with 26 grams in 1999<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Directorate-General for Fisheries has monitored populations of this species in the Balearic Islands since 1994, particularly in Mallorca. In 1999, it detected overfishing and a gradual reduction in the size of the fish. As a result, a closed season was introduced in 2000, which now runs from 1 April to 31 August.<\/p>\n<p>According to studies carried out by the Marine Research and Aquaculture Laboratory (LIMIA) and the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), the measure has helped to <strong>increase both the abundance and size of raor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the fish analysed directly by the Balearic Government in Mallorca had an average length of <strong>168 millimetres<\/strong>, 35% greater than the 124 millimetres recorded in 1999. Since 2013, the average size has consistently remained above the level recorded in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Results similar to last year&#8217;s raor fishing season in the Balearic Islands<\/p>\n<p>The Balearic Government expects results similar to those of last year. The current average size is already close to the maximum that can be reached by a population subject to fishing pressure. Figures close to 180 millimetres are only recorded in areas where fishing is prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today we have larger fish and a recovered population, and the aim is to maintain this situation&#8221;, said Joan Simonet, Regional Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment.<\/p>\n<h2>Limits and fines during the raor fishing season in the Balearic Islands<\/h2>\n<p>With the start of the <strong>raor fishing season in the Balearic Islands<\/strong>, the Balearic Government will step up inspections in the main areas where this type of fishing takes place. Breaching the closed season is considered a serious offence and can result in a <strong>minimum fine of \u20ac151 per fish<\/strong>, which may increase depending on the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>In marine reserves, catches must also be recorded and reported to the Marine Resources Service. This can be done through the &#8220;Diari de Pesca&#8221; app and, in state marine reserves, through &#8220;PescaREC&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2019, around 6,600 catch declarations have been collected. These records identify raor as <strong>the species most frequently caught by recreational boat anglers in the Balearic Islands by number of fish<\/strong>. In terms of weight, it accounts for 15.7% of annual catches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The raor fishing season in the Balearic Islands begins this <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/temporada-pesca-raor-balears-2026-27\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":65559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1520,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-blog-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Raor fishing season in the Balearics 2026-27: dates and limits - Mallorca Global Mag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The raor fishing season in the Balearic Islands runs from 1 September to 31 March 2027, with a limit of 50 fish per person per day.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/temporada-pesca-raor-balears-2026-27\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raor fishing season in the Balearics 2026-27: dates and limits - 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