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Tuna quotas in Favignana - www.favignanalidoburrone.it

Get the allocation of quotas for tuna fishing the tuna fishery of Favignana. This is the purpose of the note sent by the Mayor of Favignana Giuseppe Pagoto to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Department of the Sicilian Region.
The initiative stems from the desire to give new life to a traditional practice strongly linked to the territory, to which is tied a prestigious past, in the light of the positive results of the conservation of the species (bluefin tuna has returned to be present in good quantity in our seas ) resulting from management measures implemented within the EU, and the interest shown towards the reopening of Favignana from potential operators.
"We can not leave unturned every effort - explains Pagoto - to see again activates the tuna which is linked to the identity of these places. Would result from the important implications for the economic and social development of the territory, being a fishery that provides economic relief to many families and creates a global economy. "
The recovery of tuna according to the mayor could have a positive effect in terms of the sustainability of fisheries without going into conflict with the institutional goals of the protected sea "Egadi" why "is a type of selective fishing, concentrated in a short period of time "and" why would convert some activities by those fishermen of the islands that, during the period of the tuna fisheries would leave their usual ".