Senator for the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, committed this Friday to the San Ginés de Arrecife Fishermen's Association to continue making "an uncompromising defense of the increase in the bluefin tuna quota" and to present "as many initiatives as necessary until a satisfactory response is achieved"
This problem, for which the tuna sector on the island of Lanzarote demands an urgent solution, was one of the issues discussed during the senator's working day, which was also joined by the island secretary of CC in Lanzarote, Migdalia Machín, the general secretary of the Nationalist Youth of the Canary Islands, David Toledo, and the spokespersons of CC in the Cabildo of Lanzarote and in the Arrecife City Council, Pedro San Ginés and Echedey Eugenio, respectively.
"The defense of the increase in the tuna quota is essential, fair and necessary", Clavijo stressed, also emphasizing that the fleet has been stopped since August. "They cannot work five months a year and then spend seven months maintaining personnel costs, mooring costs and depreciation of the boat," he pointed out.
According to CC, another of the "great concerns" that the Arrecife fishermen conveyed to the senator "are the waters, which have already begun to appear on nautical charts and GPS as waters of Moroccan ownership." "This is a consequence of the definition of the median line unilaterally by the Kingdom of Morocco and, despite our questions, we have no response or information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," Clavijo explained.
Thus, the nationalist senator assured that the moment a response is received, it will be forwarded to the Arrecife Fishermen's Association.
Transfer of Valterra homes
In another order of things, Fernando Clavijo's visit to Arrecife also included a meeting with the residents of the Valterra neighborhood "regarding a file that has been awaiting a solution for many years: the transfer of the houses built by the Social Institute of the Navy to those who have been their residents, in some cases for more than 30 years.
In this regard, CC states that the residents "are still waiting for the transfer of their houses, while the Arrecife City Council passes the buck to the central government and the latter remains silent."
"We have made a commitment to them to take steps at the level of the Cabildo, City Council, Government of the Canary Islands and central government so that in the next meeting we can arrange a work plan so that this transfer finally becomes a reality and this problem affecting the residents of Valterra is resolved," said Echedey Eugenio.
