We have the largest number of registered fishermen and this imposes the valorization of the protection and use of the sea as an important resource. For a long time, the formation of the Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture, which will be the main link between fishermen and the relevant ministry, has been under consideration. A 90-square-meter building within the Rovinj hospital will be renovated, where the new Center will be located, and the space will be arranged and adapted, said Ezio Pinzan.
After it was already clear to everyone that the Fish Market in Poreč was a failed project, the Istrian County Assembly today adopted a proposal to start a new county institution. Specifically, it is a new Center for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Head of Agriculture Ezio Pinzan stated that the formation of a new center is a very important decision for Istrian fishermen and the valorization of the sea in the Istrian County.
– We have the largest number of registered fishermen and this imposes the valorization of the protection and use of the sea as an important resource. For a long time, the formation of the Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture, which will be the main link between fishermen and the relevant ministry, has been under consideration. One building within the Rovinj hospital of 90 square meters will be renovated, in which the new Center will be located, and the space will be arranged and adapted, said Pinzan.
After the Center for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Istrian County is established, part of the activities will be carried out in the Fish Market facility in Poreč.
It is planned that these will be administrative tasks, carrying out activities related to European projects, an info center for fishermen and others, with the aim of developing fisheries and aquaculture in the entire area of the Istrian County through the introduction of new technologies, diversification of the fishing industry, and due to the complex ownership structure and conditions , it was not possible for the County of Istria to invest non-reimbursable EU funds from the Strategic International Fisheries Project ARGOS in the Veletržnica facility with the aim of establishing the Center for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the County of Istria, the county’s office replies.
Taken from: Istra24
