Local fishing industry loses competitiveness

The high cost of production and the lack of State policies take away competitiveness from the national fishing industry in international markets, match players in this sector agree. This low dynamism of the national fishing activity are also sustained by official figures, which indicate that fishing in the 2015 fell 4.3%, with levels of unloading 44.6% lower than the previous year. The export of fishery products also recorded a growth of just 1.9%, which also had a significant impact on total revenues from this activity. 

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