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Fishermen organized in groups Concessionaire and Federations of Cooperatives, reported that on Saturday when they went to their capture areas, they found that about 10 nautical miles north of the coast of Frontera and a line of 15 kilometers from east to west hundreds of fish floating in the sea waters, one already spoiled and others dying, blaming all the dozens of oil rigs.
In this regard, Francisco Martinez Cruz, president of the Federation of Cooperative Societies Fish Production Basin Grijalva River Centla, said fishermen on Monday came via sea fishing, as they sailed about 10 nautical miles from the coast Border they found that thousands of species such as Flag, sea bass, catfish, Chucumo, Cochina and sardines floated decaying and others dying.
He said they blame for this plague, similar to what happened in 2005 to the pollution generated by oil activities as they constantly are being recorded spills in the area of platforms, but Pemex quickly with a special liquid that through helicopters pulled by water makes oil refuse go to the seabed and thus hidden.
The permittee Fisheries Ricardo Leon Garcia said before this ecocide that is certainly by oil pollution, which the company said the note to be compensated.
Pollute Platforms
Fishermen noted that before he came parastatal, fishing was profitable for families; however, since it began installing the first platforms, fishing has been declining and there are statistics do not lie; “Before until we gave us the pleasure of giving people some species now until Bonito, a species that was not sold, and is marketed, for as sea bass, yellowtail, catfish, scintilla and thousands more have disappeared and their capture it is low.
Courtesy of tabascohoy.com
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