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Last year’s figures show that in 2001
Andalusian aquaculture production reached 4,500 tonnes worth EUR 46.9
million. The main products are sea bass and sea bream.
The region’s fishery authorities say that by
2006 investment in the sector will reach EUR 40 million, EUR 3 of which
will come from the
Andalusia Fisheries and Aquaculture Council.
At the opening of the new Salinas de
Astur fish farm in Punta Umbría, Huelva, Fisheries Councillor Paulino
Planta underlined the importance of aquaculture saying the sector could
help ease the situation of the fishing sector since the expiry of the
fishing agreement between the
EU and Morocco.
He said that the aquaculture industry was
developing well in Andalusia but that it was far from reaching its full
potential.
The fish farm project needs a total
investment of almost EUR 562,000. The Andalusian Government financed 42
per cent of the total with community funds from the Financial Instrument
for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG).
Initially, sea bream will be farmed and
later sole and Japanese clams. The first harvests will be used for
research rather than commercial purposes.
Huelva is Andalusia’s second main
aquaculture region after Cadiz. Huelva production reaches 1,400 tonnes a
year, 93 per cent is sea bream.
 FIS.com
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