PERU fishing with guts to report…
The fishing crisis, which reduced by 75% the consumption of fish in Cuba will be very difficult to trace, said Friday the official newspaper Granma, which predicted the permanence of a regular poster at the butcher: “Chicken Fish”.
“Today we have almost only the catches of our platform and from aquaculture, which make a total of just over 37,000 tonnes” Fish, below the 200,000 tons consumed in 1980 on the island, said industry officials quoted by Granma.
The 200,000 tons included catches in international waters and on the platform, as well as imports, which were 50% of consumption.
The disappearance of the Soviet bloc in 1991 left the island without resources for their fleet, to which the Sea Convention joined in force since 1994, which delineated economic zones and restricted screenshots in the oceans.
“To illustrate the impact of such a loss, please note that these screenshots (in international waters) accounted for more than 100,000 tonnes of fish, among the 70 to 90”Said Armando Posada, Director of Fisheries of the State business group of the Food Industry.
In addition, imports of fish fell from 61,000 tons in 2004 to 5,000 in 2013, and “nearly one third was for tourism”He said Granma.
The opposition blogger Yoani Sanchez ridiculed explanations journal: “Granma article tries to explain why we are an island if the fish is a rare and luxurious product. The item is lost in justifications, but the explanation is clear: everything he touches becomes inefficient this system”He wrote on Twitter.
For the rationing, all Cubans should receive half a kilo of fish per month at subsidized prices, but sold them for years “Chicken Fish”A frequent subject of satire among comedians.
“This decrease corresponds to the soaring prices in foreign markets, which is why today we received distribution through regulated chicken (import is cheaper) instead of Fish”Said Granma.
Of the 700 vessels operating in international waters “Today is only available for 40%”As Posada. The tuna fleet operating in the Gulf of Mexico now has four of the 57 ships that came to be added.
The island platform was never rich in fish has been overfished, so the government decided to protect multiple areas, banning fishing.
Alternatively fish are also farmed in fresh water, whose production was 25,600 tonnes in 2013, insufficient for the demand figure.
SOURCE: Economia.terra.com.pe
