When will we stop being the copier of the national agenda?

by Antonio Garza de Yta

About a month ago, I was dining at La Pesca, Tamaulipas with the friend of all the sport fishermen of Latin America, Mr Pedro Sors, who told me an allegory that I found very interesting and that I would like to share with you.
 

A man inherits a company and then he arrives like everybody else, with a lot of worries and pressures. A friend, relatively close, comes and asks him something.

"Hey, friend, now that you take this new position with a lot of responsibility, do you think I could support you by managing the company's copier?"

"The copier of the company?" replied the second.

"Do I have a copier?"

"Yes, notice that within your company there is a copier that does not generate much profit, but that caters to a lot of people, and that I, although I do not know anything about it, can manage it. Nobody has ever treated it as it should, but I promise you it will not give you problems."

"Go ahead, as long as you do not cause me trouble in the company"

And so, the person who does not know anything about copies starts to take over the copier within the new administration of the company, taking care not to grow too much so that the business is not attractive to anyone closer to the owner and avoiding any problem that this generates, although it is necessary to confront it so that the activity develops.

The country's aquaculture and fisheries sector has been the copier of the national agenda for too long. We have had managers who either have not known anything about the issue or have not fought for the sector of aquaculture as it should be, for being afraid of losing their job.

When will we stop being the copier? When will the aquaculture it deserves be given relevance? When will it be understood that not only is it the most nutritious and sustainable source of animal protein in the world, but it is also the only one that can still grow and develop to feed the growing world and national population?

When will it be seen as a tool not only to achieve food security, but also to generate wealth? When will we have someone who is a true professional of the sector, with vision, with experience, and with proven results at the helm of the activity? When will we see all the potential we have and bet on developing it? When? If today, we live a true transformation ... I hope it is immediately.

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