Informação: Santa Catarina cannery workers and board made outstanding efforts towards recovery of the factory, says Gui Menezes The Regional Secretary for Sea, Science and Technology stated in Lisbon that the Santa Catarina cannery on the island of São Jorge is “another example of the successful investment and confidence that the Regional Government has always placed in the canning industry and the knowledge of canning in the Azores."
Gui Menezes spoke, on behalf of the President of the Government, at the pres... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government to carry out more than ten interventions in coast areas and fishing ports of Pico Island The Regional Secretary for Sea, Science and Technology stated today that 11 interventions have been or are under way in coastal areas and fishing ports of Pico Island as a result from the damage caused by Hurricane Lorenzo. Gui Menezes stressed that some are "quite complex and major interventions," adding that they correspond to an overall investment of five million Euros.
According to him, the ... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government proposes European Commission to increase quota for red seabream by 5% and to increase quotas for longfin tuna and bluefin tuna The Regional Government, through the Regional Secretariats for the Sea, Science and Technology and External Relations, as part of a public consultation process conducted by the European Commission on fishing opportunities for 2021, proposes to increase the fishing possibilities for red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) by 5%.
The proposal mentions the implementation of various management measures, n... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government launches new measures to manage fishing effort amounting to 1.2 million Euros The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology presented today two new support schemes for the decommissioning of commercial fishing vessels and less selective fishing gear, namely coastal gillnets and traps, amounting to 1.2 million Euros. The respective application periods run from September 1 to October 15.
Gui Menezes stated that these two new support schemes, whose ordinances ar... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government invested more than 278 thousand Euros in São Vicente Ferreira Port, São Miguel Island The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology stated today that recreational fishers who need to beach their vessels at São Vicente Ferreira Port on the island of São Miguel can do so safely from now on.
Gui Menezes spoke during a visit to site of the coastal reinforcement and rehabilitation works in the São Vicente Ferreira Port area. They were completed in July and ... Mais >> Informação: Vasco Cordeiro announces replacement of vessel "Arquipélago" to improve research of the Azores Sea The President of the Government announced today that, under the next Community funds, the Region will replace the vessel "Arquipélago" with a new vessel with better conditions for scientific research in the Azores Sea. “In the next cycle of Community funds, one of the first measures to be implemented by the Azores will be the replacement of the research vessel "Arquipélago" with a... Mais >> Informação: Vasco Cordeiro opens Maritime School that has the "ambition" to provide training of reference in this area The President of the Government opened today the Azores Maritime School, an investment of about 7.2 million Euros that has the "ambition," from the island of Faial, to become a national and international reference in the training of professions in this area.
"I am proud to open the Azores Maritime School (EMA) for the fact that this 7.2 million-Euro investment fulfils a dream and an ambition, bo... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government invests more than 1.2 million Euros in Pico's coastline, bathing areas and fishing ports The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology added that several repair works in the coastline, bathing areas and fishing ports following the passage of Hurricane Lorenzo are already under way or about to start on the island of Pico. These interventions represent an investment amounting to more than 1.2 million Euros.
Gui Menezes spoke on the sidelines of a visit to the site of work... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government creates support scheme for temporary cessation of fishing The Regional Government launched today the new support scheme for the temporary cessation of fishing activity in the archipelago, a measure aimed at contributing to the income of professionals in the sector, following the constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ordinance approving the regulation of this scheme was published in the Official Journal, with the Regional Secretary for the Se... Mais >> Informação: Flores fishers equipped with tractor to support vessel beaching operations The Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology highlighted in Santa Cruz das Flores several investments in infrastructures and equipment to support the sector. In this regard, he highlighted the acquisition of a tractor in March to support Flores fishers in vessel beaching operations in view of the operational difficulties resulting from the damage caused by Hurricane Lorenzo.
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