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FROM
CUBA
"Only foreigners can fish our waters"
HOLGUIN, Cuba - February 15 (Liannis Meriño
Aguilera, Jóvenes sin Censura / www.cubanet.org)
- Residents of a small fishing village in
Holguín province complain that increasingly
stern restrictions on their traditonal occupation
mean that only foreign turists can fish
their waters.
"Before 1959, most residents of Puerto
de Vita fished for a living. Now only foreigners
can fish our waters," said human rights
activist Vicente Hidalgo, who complained
that "severe restrictions directed
at fishermen became harsher after the government
established a recreational fishing center
nearby."
"Recently," he said, "two
fishermen were fined 1,500 pesos each because
they didn't have the fishing permit which
has to be obtained daily from the port authority
and which in any case, is very hard to get."
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