Immersed in an investment process, the Las Tunas Fishing Company (PESCATUN) is already preparing new industrial equipment that will guarantee better results in the capture and processing of aquaculture species to ensure more food production.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- At almost 95 percent completion is the freezing tunnel, which by next week should be operational in the headquarters of the Company. "With the expansion of the processing and freezing capacity, higher levels of fish capture can be assumed, as this refrigerator reaches minus 30 degrees in temperature and with this, the fish that is frozen can be used for export or local self-supply," Mario Sedeño Viamontes, general director of PESCATUN told 26.
Another investment that is part of PESCATUN's development strategy is a mince-making machine, which has a capacity for more than 500 kg of fish.
The newly installed modern equipment will also benefit from the production chain because, according to the manager, “not only seafood products will be processed, but also poultry and pork meat. We have hired the specimens of these entities that do not have the ideal weight for their corporate purpose to make high-quality sausages and thus diversify the offer with various productions,” Sedeño said.
An ice plant is also being built in the fishing industry as part of the actions undertaken to boost food production for territorial self-sufficiency. At the moment, the civil work is being built and it is expected to enter into operation next week, with the production of 10 tons of ice per day.
The installation of this equipment is immediate, as they will multiply the availability of cooling. "The blue runner run will begin shortly, one of the fishing seasons most awaited by fishermen and for this, we need ice reserves, a problem that for years influences the benefit of fish," the director explained.
The Company outlines its horizons intending to increase fish production and sales in national and foreign currency. Sustained compliance with the productions that are destined for social consumption, mainly those that guarantee medical diets and food in schools and various health institutions, also come from the own aquaculture and platform fishing, replacing fish that the country used to import to ensure these programs.
Currently, the national avant-garde entity for two consecutive years also ventures into online sales without affecting state orders. More than 50 products in various formats are sold in Freely Convertible Currency, an alternative that enables the company to acquire hard currency to further develop its production process.
