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Campeche's Business Coordination
Council is asking the secretariats of
Social Development and
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural
Development, Fisheries and Food. (Sagarpa) to
provide MXP 10 million to fund both projects, reports El
Sur de Campeche.
The Business Coordination Council unveiled the projects at a
press conference, saying the objective was to "support the
social sector and reinforce almost one thousand direct and
indirect jobs, with a sustainable development project and
guaranteed sales on local, national and international
markets."
Council spokesman Roberto
Sales Rosado pointed out that the freezing plants were of
particular interest for local businesses, which would be
able to offer a wider range of value added products.
MXP 4 million would be
earmarked to finance two plants initially - one in Campeche
and the other in Ciudad del Carmen but the overall project
includes plans for restructuring 9 freezing plants in all.
The Campeche plant would be dedicated to octopus and shrimp
and the Ciudad del Carmen plant would process Atlantic
seabob, he said.
The first phase of the
project needs MXP 6 million to set up the three coastal fish
farms to grow marine species in Punta Xen, Villa Madero and
Seybaplaya. The farms would initially produce around 25
tonnes per year, but each farm may eventually produce up to
40 tonnes, he said.
Both the fish farm project
and the freezing plants are part of a project promoted by
the Business Coordination Council, the Transforming Campeche
programme, Sedesol, Sagarpa,
Icatcam, the Two per cent
on Pay Roll Trust and the social sector.
According to Sales Rosado the
projects are complementary in that they will both serve to
add value to fisheries production and sustainable
aquaculture would help to keep processing plants operating.
By Patricia Diácono
FIS Latino |
