SIBANICÚ, CAMAGÜEY. - The Managerial Unit of Base (UEB) ACUINICU, nailed in this municipality, managed to "catch" its plan of apprehension of the year, fixed in 1 058 tons, number that, according to the specialists of the entity, they are in conditions to increase it significantly before the closing of December.

Armando Peña Guerra, the director of the institution, showed that the current accumulated is superior in 2.3 tons to the due plan, with important contribution of the extensive cultivation that delivered 990.3 tons.

The conceived sales were estimated in 3.9 million pesos, and until now it was in 4.4 this positive indicator feasible of increasing since they are provided with guarantee of raw material and several days before closing the operations for the conclusion of these 12 months.

This UEB attends to fishing areas located in the territories of Guáimaro, Najasa and Santa Cruz del Sur, and in its work objectives there appears the production destined for the external market, fundamentally with Tench Hg, whose weight ranges between 2 and 6 kilograms, and of Vejiga Natatoria, of the same species.

Likewise, the filets of Tilapia, the Tilapia 3C (with head, without internal organs, and scaled) and the 2E (without head, without internal organs and scaled), the filet of Claria and the Hamburger of MDM (mechanically separated mass) is exported with aggregate values.

Peña Guerra affirmed that this opportunity the local industry had put as annual goal 411.502 tons, exceeded this November in more than 11 tons, something that contributes to the objective to keep on increasing the food delivery to the population, a little that is achieved by Home Trade and the proper networks of points of sale, spread by several demarcations of the province.

The incorporation of cages of pipes of polyethene for the Tilapia baby, in the reservoir named Cascorro 88, allows to achieve that the mass reaches like minimum 230 grams of commercial size, nevertheless, the suitable handling has allowed specimens to exceed in almost the double of this weight.

For the future 2019 there are foreseen investments that will allow to incorporate another five products derived from the fish, which would lead to this entity to a portfolio of 30 choices.

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez