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US Fishermen Break US Blockade for Hemingway Tournament
The Ernest Hemingway International Fishing Tournament was conceived thinking of US people, above all those brave fishermen who violate US blockade regulations, said President of the Cuban Sport Fishing Federation (FCPD) Jose Ramon Cuza.
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The Ernest Hemingway International Fishing Tournament was conceived thinking of US people, above all those brave fishermen who violate US blockade regulations, said President of the Cuban Sport Fishing Federation (FCPD) Jose Ramon Cuza.
"The US people who take part in this competition "are very brave because in order to be here, they have defied their countrys laws established by the Treasury Department, specifically those related to the economic blockade against Cuba,."
Cuza said that "just for competing they deserve a medal. As a Cuban, I am very grateful that they have dared to come and share with us the risk."
At least 16 teams from different countries, including five from the United States, registered for the tournament, which is marking its 62th anniversary this year.
Cuza noted that the tournament bears the name of an illustrious US citizen, and US fishermen, less than 100 miles from Havana, are the top marlin catchers worldwide.
He also referred to adversities brought by climate change, also hitting sports fishing.
Variations in climate change cause ocean water warming and the migration of fish from their customary geographical spaces, affecting all kind of fishing worldwide, he said.
The Ernest Hemingway International Fishing Tournament, officially founded on May 26, 1950, is one of the oldest around the world, only preceded by the Nova Scotia International Tuna Tournament and the Shad Tournament of Mexico.
It is a tribute to US writer, Nobel laureate in Literature Ernest Hemingway (1954), who loved Cuba, where he lived for over 20 years.
"The US people who take part in this competition "are very brave because in order to be here, they have defied their countrys laws established by the Treasury Department, specifically those related to the economic blockade against Cuba,."
Cuza said that "just for competing they deserve a medal. As a Cuban, I am very grateful that they have dared to come and share with us the risk."
At least 16 teams from different countries, including five from the United States, registered for the tournament, which is marking its 62th anniversary this year.
Cuza noted that the tournament bears the name of an illustrious US citizen, and US fishermen, less than 100 miles from Havana, are the top marlin catchers worldwide.
He also referred to adversities brought by climate change, also hitting sports fishing.
Variations in climate change cause ocean water warming and the migration of fish from their customary geographical spaces, affecting all kind of fishing worldwide, he said.
The Ernest Hemingway International Fishing Tournament, officially founded on May 26, 1950, is one of the oldest around the world, only preceded by the Nova Scotia International Tuna Tournament and the Shad Tournament of Mexico.
It is a tribute to US writer, Nobel laureate in Literature Ernest Hemingway (1954), who loved Cuba, where he lived for over 20 years.