havana/Of the 23 boats that make up the fishing fleet in Las Tunas, only eight are currently working, that is, 65% of the available boats are in use because there are no spare parts they have more to start motors and batteries.
This was revealed by the investment expert of the state company, Xiomara Concepción, in a an interview granted Newspaper 26, where he explained that the lack of fishing in the town has led to, among other things, a lack of seafood in the local commercial network.
The lack of fish in Las Tunas is a fact that can, for several years, be confirmed if the supply of product foods such as croquettes, sausages and minced meat is examined. The situation has forced them to donate fish in nearby areas such as Holguin and Camagüey, according to reports.
In March last year, the Government definitively removed the obligation to sign a contract with a company with a marketing authority, which was an obstacle for non-state fishermen to obtain a permit.
However, in a little more than a year and a half since the resolution, which also does not consider lobster among its plans, has seen any effect. Which in places like Las Tunas adds to the lack of boats.
According to data from the Ministry of Food Industry, fish consumption in Cuba fell from an annual average of 18 kilograms thirty years ago to approximately 3.8 kilograms in 2022. So far the figures equivalent to 2023, but nothing appears. that they will be better.
/ Newspaper 26
Against such an overview, Yordan Rueda Paz, the technical director of Pescatun – the fish marketing company in the province – explained to the Cuban News Agency that an investment that exceeds 16,370,000 pesos is already being prepared to develop the fishing industry Las Tunas to strengthen and is also working on getting engines and other equipment for the fleet.
The project includes the creation and restoration of fry centers, the revival of the industry and the acquisition of resources for the fishing in the Las Tunas Fishing Company – also known as Pescatun – in 2024.
“In the next few days we have to finish the assembly of the electricity and water networks and the false ceiling”
According to the official media, this is not the only project to promote food production in the area. Others are related to the agricultural sector that has been developed in the Las Tunas area and through them tractors, irrigation systems and other material resources were obtained.
The digital newspaper also reports on the training of private and state agents to give the most appropriate use to the equipment acquired and convert them into food, grains, fruits, vegetables, meat and other items destined for the a crowd
At the other end of the situation in Las Tunas there is over-compliance at the Santa Cruz del Sur Fishing Company, in Camagüey, which proud On November 6, he had caught the 250 tons of lobster in his annual plan and was looking for more seafood.
To this industry, which is mainly for export and hotel food, the regime allocates the resources it says it does not have when it comes to fishing for national consumption.
