Fish aquaculture - Caniçal, Madeira, Portugal
N 32° 44.525 W 016° 41.431
28S E 341611 N 3623958
Fish aquaculture off the coast of the Ponta de São Lourenço on the Madeira archipelago
Waymark Code: WMWB3X
Location: Arquipélago da Madeira, Portugal
Date Posted: 08/06/2017
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Ponta de São Lourenço is a 6 km long peninsula in the east of Madeira.
In front of the southern coast of the peninsula in the bay of Abra is this fish aquaculture.
In currently eight underwater cages different fishes like Gilt-head bream and mackerel are bred.
Island president Miguel Albuquerque sees an important innovation factor in the fish farms for the east of the island and the breeding of various tuna fish is planned.