As time went by, fishermen learned to depend on subsidies and, given the lack of a strategy, they began to administer the fishing areas of the country unevenly - Photo by Iniciativa dataMares MX (Enrique Alvarado, Alejandro Melgoza and Andrés M. Estrada)
Fishing in Mexican waters implies spending on food, ice, oil, wages, and spare parts but above all, fuel
According to some of the fishermen interviewed, subsidies aren't given to “screwed fishermen” and there is an structural fault in the fishing industry: an uneven management of subsidies and the lack of clarity in the objectives of the fisheries administra
Rashid Sumaila, a researcher at the University of British Columbia in Canada, classifies subsidies as “good” when they focus on productivity without exceeding catch rates; “bad” when they are given without controlled processes; and “ugly” when the results
“Subsidies aren't for the sustainability of fishing, they exist for political control and for the benefit of interests that, in many cases, are protected by corrupt processes,” accuses Senator Ernesto Ruffo, head of the Fisheries Commission at the Upper C
