Employers in El Salvador have announced the creation of Adepesca, an entity that unites the fishery subsectors in El Salvador.
"The partnership stems from the relationships that we who work in this sector have, we talked about the importance of the productive chain being united", said the president of the new association, Miguel Peñalva.
"In the first instance, the Association for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture in El Salvador (Adepesca) will form ties with government institutions such as the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG ) ", noted an article in Elmundo.com.sv.
Tuna companies are hoping that the 4,000 metric ton quota for export to Europe will be distributed proportionally.
The Spanish company Calvo, which operates processing and canning plants for the fish, has expressed interest in having the largest possible proportion of the quota of 4,000 metric tons of tuna available for export to the Europe region.
This quota was allocated under the Association Agreement negotiations between the Isthmus and the European Union.
Grupo Calvo and Corporación Salvadoreña de Inversiones are discussing the installation of a shipyard in the Pacific port of La Union, El Salvador.
The infrastructure, which would allow boats be kept dry in order to be cleaned, repaired or have their keels scraped etc, could be constructed in less than five years through a public private partnership deal.
The tuna company has invested $10 million in improvements at the industrial plant and in ship repairs.
In order to increase its production capacity, the processor and marketer of tuna has invested $5 million to improve the operating plant in La Union, El Salvador.
Since its establishment in the country in 2003, the company has expanded its operations and increased exports to over twenty countries.
Before the arrival of new competitors, pharmaceutical companies are reviewing their strategies for the year.
New premises, training of members and improving operating processes are some of the tactics that will be implemented in the pharmaceutical industry around the country.
In recent years the pharmacy market has shown significant changes, including a sharp increase in competition and lower prices.
November is the deadline for the CA private sector to send their proposals on how they will distribute the approved quota of 4,000 tons in EU.
The operations manager of Calvo El Salvador, the region´s largest exporter of tuna to the EU, said they will request that they "honor the historic 50% in imports and the rest is shared equally."
"In other words, 2.000 tons of tuna from the 4.000 for those who have export history to the EU and the other 2,000 to other countries equally," Laprensagrafica.com stated in their article.