HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 20 (acn) The United States won the 66th edition of the Ernest Hemingway International Fishing Tournament, the biggest ever in history held in Havana with over 500 sea lovers.
After four intense days, the US crew named "Unbelievable" obtained the crown among 90 assistant vessels, reported Saturday the Marlin S.A. Marina and Nautical group during the closing event.
Authorities reported at the Marina Residence that the Bull Run and Calhoun Queen from the US obtained second and third place respectively demonstrating the experience of the US competitors in this sporting activity.
Other results went to Blue Heron making a 31.5 pound Dorado and Sea Clusion with a 39 pound fish both also from the US that participated with 83 vessels.
The winner with the largest Tuna went to Doris that represented the fishing community of Cojimar in the municipality of Habana del Este while Solfia D from Canada who won the prize for the first capture made by a woman.
In the closing ceremony, Alexis Trujillo First Deputy Tourism Minister characterized the tournament as successful. This competition also had the assistance of teams from Lithuania, Argentina, Russia, Holland, Britain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Italy and France.
He pointed out that during the four day fishing event, there were 88 capture of Marlins, the highest amount in history.
Trujillo invited the participants to compete in the next edition to be held from May 29th to June 3rd in 2017.
Created in the 1950's by the Nobel Literature Prize laureate the tournament stands out among others its type like the World Tuna Cup in Nova Scotia, and the Sable Tournament in Mexico.
Cuba is highly attractive due to its geographic location for sports fishing due to the large sea currents connected to ocean species while the deep basins and Caribbean bottoms and the Florida straits and the Bahamas serve as ecological barriers.
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