The Government encourages local fish consumption with a fumet elaboration project

The councilor Joan Simonet has expressed that one of the objectives of this initiative, which will be carried out by Esment Foundation, is to give an output to great quality fish products that have lost market share.

The Government has encouraged a project to value the economic viability of producing fumet with local fish in the restoration sector for its sell to the public and in general. Today, May 21st, the Agriculture, Fishing and Natural Environment councilor, Joan Simonet, alongside the Agroalimentary Quality and Local Product general director, Joan Llabrés,and the Fishing general director, Antoni M. Grau, accompanied by the OPMallorcamar president, Pedro Mercant, visited the Esment Foundation facilities, an entity responsible for carrying out the initiative. During the visit, councilor Simonet has pointed out that “one of the main objectives is to place value on these products that are captured by our sea trawlers, by our fishmongers, and that, no matter its quality, every time they have have less output on the market, especially because of the consume habit changes of the population.”

In this sense, Simonet has explained that the initiative, financed by the FOGAIBA with 80.000 euros that come from UE Next Generation funds, also “has the objective of providing the market and the archipelago gastronomy with a fresh and first quality product, ready to be used in any kitchen and with a balearic origin guarantee and cero kilometer.”

The project examines various aspects, such as the optimal composition of the fumet based on the different species or commercial categories available (red morralla, white morralla, gerret, peix de prémer, and similar), the seasonal availability of these species, and also the economic costs at a pre-industrial scale. Additionally, the physical and gastronomic quality of the different species used is assessed.

The initiative will run until October 2025, and the report with the results is expected to be ready by the end of this year. The Government will make the report public and accessible to the entire population.