Saturday, January 08, 2011

Bad news for the pescadores

In 2009, the fishing boats of Torrevieja brought in just under 3,000,000 kilograms of fish which sold for 3.15 million Euros. Last year, their catch was down to 2,405,763 kilos which sold for 2,162,850 Euros – less than a Euro per kilo.

The Cofradía de Pescadores de Torrevieja,  which fishes all the way from the north of Alicante to Alemeria, says that they hope this year will see an improvement otherwise there are likely to be more unemployed fishermen in the town. 

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