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Socialist Tuna Fleet Reaches 500 M/T Of Catch ff

15 July 2010 Venezuela
Source: Prensa Latina

The commercial fishing company Pescalba, a Venezuelan-Cuban Socialist Joint Venture, has increased its tuna catches by 313% during the first 5 months of 2010, compared to the same period last year.

According to Pescalba’s president, Gilberto Giménez, since last February, the company produced 419 415 kg fish.  Pescalba reached these figures operating with four fishing vessels: Luisa Cáceres, Mariscal Sucre, Miranda and Urdaneta.

One of Pescalba’s most important goals is to become the main tuna supplier to the processing plant Fextun, which requires about 9,000 tons of tuna annually.