The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Government of
Canary Islands has this Friday handed over to the Island Council of Lanzarote the
Fish Handling Industry of Puerto Naos (Arrecife), in a simple act
which was attended by the heads of the fisheries areas in both
institutions, Pilar Merino and Nereida Pérez, respectively.
Before the symbolic handover of the keys to the infrastructure, Merino and Pérez
had the opportunity to visit, together with a representation of the fishing sector of the
Island, facilities that have had community funding, for a
final budget of 3,590,000 euros, and were described by the councillor
autonomous as "the most important work of the Ministry in terms of fisheries throughout
the autonomous community".
On a plot of 3,108 m2, 2,064 m2 have been built on the ground floor and 141
m2 on the second floor, distributed as follows:
Ground floor: Lobby, changing rooms and stairs to access the second floor,
polyurethane packaging warehouse of 176 m2 packaging factory of 138 m2 area of
first sale 174 m2 transformation center and electrical panel room 37 m2
fish handling room of 798 m2 machine room 145 m2 two chambers
refrigerators with a total area of 517 m2 and a storage capacity
700 tons, finally ice factory and silo with a total area of 140
m2.
Upper floor: operating offices with an area of 130 m2.
The industry will have a centralized refrigeration installation, of the type
direct and discrete system, using the so-called refrigerant
ammonia. It will consist of two screw compressors and a 146,888 compressor
kcal/h, seawater condensation, formed by a titanium plate exchanger,
located in a room intended for this purpose, on the ground floor.
It is planned that both the refrigeration compressors and the corresponding condensers
corresponding, as well as complementary elements, must be located in a
machine room, for exclusive use for this purpose, so it will be protected against
any possible accidental accident of the personnel.
The machinery will be arranged in such a way that all its parts are accessible, with a
minimum area of 70 centimeters of free space around it, so that all
its parts are easily accessible, in order to facilitate the work of
maintenance. In addition, it has been stipulated that all moving parts must be
protected in order to avoid possible accidents.