The President of the Federation of Fishermen’s Guilds of Bizkaia explained in Euskadi Irratia the details of the tuna and anchovy campaigns, as well as the current situation of the sector and its future prospects.
Euskaraz irakurri: Eusebio Arantzamendi: “Merkatuan prezioak maintenancetzeko, ona da hegaluzearen kanpaina luzatzea”
The tuna campaign is proceeding at a slower pace than in previous years. For this time of year, the campaign ended last year; however, this season they have caught 53.5% of the established quota.
Eusebio Arantzamendi, president of the Federation of Fishermen’s Guilds of Bizkaia, explained at the Euskadi Irratia factory that “the campaign is going well”. According to him, it is “better to extend the tuna campaign, because the market sells a few kilos of fresh tuna every day and by extending the campaign, prices can be maintained“.
However, it also entails higher fuel expenditure: “Renewing means a matter, that the boats too will use more dieselso at the end of the campaign it will be necessary to see how much has been caught, at what price it is sold and how much has been spent on fuel”. campaign to make it an economic equilibrium.
When asked why the campaign is being extended, the fishermen confirm that in reality this is normal. “The coastal strip we see is like the one that was done before. The truth is that until four or five years ago we never met the quota. This is normal. What was not normal was reaching the quota in a month and a half“.
If the campaign keeps up, it can be extended until mid-Octoberaccording to Arantzamendi.
The president of the Federation of Brotherhoods explains that “the big tuna is further away and the one closer is a smaller bonito that comes to eat the anchovy. We know that if the tuna doesn’t find food, it passes by. And this year is stayed because there are a lot of anchovies on the coast”.
About the anchovy campaignbelieves that it is also going well, “there are 600 or 700 thousand kilos left to meet the quota. There are fewer boats and the daily quota is also less, so the anchovy campaign is also getting longer,” he explains.
About him future of the sector, Arantzamendi explains that the lack of generational change is a cause for concern, especially for positions requiring a degree or training. “There are people who follow training, but three out of four people who receive training go to work in workshops, on maintenance jobs. Convincing young people to go to sea is difficultAnd it is that, he is clear that “whoever goes to the sea needs a vocation”. As he observes, “he who goes to the workshop spends his hours and beyond is free. At sea, on the other hand, there is no escaping it, you have to spend 8-10 or 20 days here.”
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Source: EITB
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