The Cabildo de Lanzarote confirms the commitment reached by its president, Oswaldo Betancort, with the Government of the Canary Islands to introduce concrete short-term improvements aimed at strengthening the activity of the fishing sector in the Port of Órzola, in the municipality of Haría.
The understanding materialized after the working meeting held in the Parliament of the Canary Islands between the island president and the counselors Narvay Quintero and Pablo Rodríguez, responsible for the areas of Fisheries and Canarian Ports, respectively.
During the meeting, both administrations agreed on the need to continue strengthening the fishing port that has grown the most in recent years in Lanzarote, going from having three vessels in 2022 based in Órzola to eighteen at the close of the 2025 exercise, with the forecast that this figure will continue to increase.
The president of the Cabildo and autonomous parliamentarian, Oswaldo Betancort, has stated how “Órzola has become a benchmark for the growth of artisanal fishing in Lanzarote thanks to the effort of our professionals. From the Cabildo we are going to continue defending their interests and providing the port with more and better infrastructures. This commitment with the Government of the Canary Islands is a guarantee to continue advancing in competitiveness and future for the sector.”
For his part, the Minister of Fisheries of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Samuel Martín, believes that “collaboration between administrations is fundamental to consolidate the recovery of the fishing sector. The improvements planned in Órzola respond to a real demand from professionals and seek to modernize our sustainable fishing.”
Concrete measures
For Pablo Rodríguez, Minister of Public Works, Housing and Mobility of the Government of the Canary Islands, “the key to the action in Órzola lies in the new passenger terminal that Puertos Canarios is planning, because it will allow for a comprehensive reorganization of this port and improve coexistence between the different uses, especially fishing. That reorganization will give us room to continue incorporating improvements that respond to the real needs of sea professionals.”
Rodríguez also added that “Órzola is one of the ports we have proposed for obtaining the Blue Flag within the candidacy presented by Puertos Canarios this year, which includes six port facilities in the archipelago. This demonstrates that we are working not only on improving infrastructures, but also on strengthening environmental quality, services, and the projection of our ports”.
Among the planned actions, the improvement of the jetties where the artisanal fishing of the Island carries out its activity stands out, an intervention that will allow optimizing the safety, operability, and working conditions of sea professionals. Likewise, Puertos Canarios has committed to, once the new passenger terminal planned for the coming months has been designed and executed, temporarily transfer to the Cabildo the facilities where the current public restrooms of the port are located, with the aim of allocating them to new specific infrastructures for the fishing sector.