In light of the speculations that have arisen in recent days, the Fisheries Councilor of the Cabildo, Marcos Páez, has assured that the number of licenses that Canarian sailors will have to return to fish in the Canarian-Saharan fishing ground will not be known until January 24. This Tuesday on Radio Lanzarote, the head of Fisheries criticized that a public official such as the councilor of Tinajo, Cristóbal Olivero, leaked unofficial information to the media.
Councilor Marcos Páez has this Tuesday morning lashed out against the Fisheries Councilor of the Tinajo City Council, Cristóbal Olivero, who the day before had assured that of the 44 licenses requested by the fishermen of Lanzarote, only 10 would be granted.
The head of Fisheries of the Cabildo understands that it is very serious that a public official such as Olivero went to Las Palmas last Friday and used privileged information provided by a head of service of the Deputy Ministry of Fisheries to [disseminate it, sowing fear among the guilds and society through the media->http://www.lavozdelanzarote.com/article.php3?id_article=4531].
According to Páez, this information should not have been made public because it was not official and with his actions, the councilor of Tinajo has endangered the job of the official himself.
New boats
Regarding the new construction of boats, the Government of the Canary Islands has already released a list that makes it clear that permits will be granted for more than 100 sailors from all the Islands to have new boats.
Marcos Páez assures that all those who submitted the cancellation of their old boat will be entitled to a new one, but those who did not submit it and availed themselves of the Government's decree requesting boats with a maximum of 3 tons will have to share only eight licenses among themselves.
Páez denied, in any case, that the number of licenses authorized for the fishermen of Lanzarote and La Graciosa to return to fish in the Canarian-Saharan fishing ground will reach only a quarter of those requested, that is, 10 concessions of the 44 requested.
According to the head of Fisheries of the Government of the Canary Islands, Pedro Rodríguez Zaragoza, the reality is that all the licenses for the fishermen have the approval of the regional Executive, but the problem would be that there would not be enough budget at the moment.
Páez, for his part, asks for calm and assures that for the moment the data available to the Cabildo is positive for the future of the fishermen of Lanzarote. The Fisheries Councilor of the Cabildo recalled that in Lanzarote licenses have been requested for 24 artisanal boats and 10 tuna boats.
"All the data indicate that we have twice the advantage after the rejection of France." Páez acknowledged that in principle with 18 artisanal and 10 tuna boats "we would be satisfied".
According to the head of the Area, at the beginning of the year the economic part with Morocco could be resolved and the number of crew members to be assigned per boat could be specified".