The fishermen's associations of Lanzarote have presented to the Councilor for Fisheries of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Marcos Páez, their proposals to modify the fishing industry project of Puerto Naos to "meet the needs of the sector".
The fishermen sent their demands to the First Institution in the meeting held on Thursday morning with the head of the Area. Those gathered at the meeting have requested the construction of a series of offices and a meeting room in the upper part of the building.
The works of the new fishing industry in Puerto Naos have already been awarded to the company Horinsa with a budget of three million euros.In the coming days, the Department of Fisheries will meet with the company to convey the requests of the fishermen's associations.
"What we want are modern facilities that respond to the requests of fishing professionals in Lanzarote," Páez commented at the end of the meeting in statements to LA VOZ. And so, the demands will be transmitted to the architects and surveyors responsible for the work.
On the other hand, Páez informed the fishermen about the existence of a partida for the new contracting of Agramar services, quantified at 207,000 euros. Because the Cabildo's fishing industry will not be completed before 2007, the professionals of the sector still need the private company for the conservation of catches in ice.
Complaints from fishermen
Some time ago, a law was passed establishing a series of advantages aimed at those shipowners who wanted to renew the fishing fleet. In this sense, as explained by the Councilor for Fisheries, 171 applications have already been submitted for the construction of new vessels "that have been approved by the tonnage part, but not by the economic part", a fact that angers the Lanzarote professionals of the sector.
To address this issue, which was described by Páez as "an injustice on the part of the Government of the Canary Islands", will be taken by the insular councilor to a meeting in Tenerife with the Councilor for Fisheries of the Regional Executive. "We believe that it is an outrage that some shipowners who paid for some projects and now their demand is not met," said Marcos Páez.
