Fishermen from the town of La Santa, in Tinajo, began a solidarity initiative with fishermen from Cape Verde last January, accompanied by the Doctor of Marine Biology from the University of Las Palmas, José Antonio González, teaching them the art of shrimp fishing in a sustainable way.
For one week per month since the beginning of the year, the Tinajo residents who traveled to Cape Verde have collaborated in this project promoted by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Cape Verdean Government, and financed by the World Bank of Credit for developing countries.
In La Santa, the skipper Óliver Arbelo, owner of the vessel Daniel y Catalina, and the sailor Carlos Olivero, have described the experience as "successful", with a remarkable success in "the catches and teaching the locals to restore the pots and collect them with minimal risk to the fishermen."
The Tinajo City Council points out that, through the Department of the Primary Sector, led by Luis Miguel Pérez Berriel, it has collaborated with the sailors of La Santa "by sending equipment to work at sea to the fishermen of Cape Verde, so that in the near future they can dedicate themselves to shrimp fishing in the safest and most sustainable way."
The mayor of Tinajo, Jesús Machín, has valued "more than positively" this type of collaboration. "They serve to help sister islands like Cape Verde and to highlight the art of shrimp fishing in La Santa, a global example of sustainability," concludes the mayor of Tinajo.
