Study confirmed the existence of sardines and horse mackerel in the Mozambican coast, for industrial fishing. Survey was conducted by the ship "Dr. Fridtjof Nansen" for the Fisheries Research Institute of Mozambique.

Maputo - The Mozambican government
disbursed in 2014, about $ 300,000 for research, along the coast,about the plenty of
fishing resources that can be leveraged
for industrial fishing. The research,
which was supported by the United Nations Food (FAO), held from
November 11 to December 2, 2014,
from Ponta de Ouro (the south) to the
Bay of Pemba, (north) and was carried
out by the research vessel "Dr. Fridtjof
Nansen". According to the national director of the Fisheries Research
Institute (IIP), Paula Santana Afonso, the
research did not involve the tuna
species. "We are creating partnerships
with FAO to share information initially processed here (in the country) and then the final analysis be made more
specific in laboratories to have conclusive
results," he said. The investigator for IIP, Rui
Mutombene,affirmed, "What we did on the cruise
was the collection of sediments of the
seabed and the answer will be given, of course, when these specific studies are
ready," he said. Santana Afonso
reiterated that the study confirmed the
existence of sardines and horse
mackerel in the Mozambican coast, for
industrial fishing. A similar study was conducted in 2007.