Aug
11
Red tide hits 32% of mussel production in Galicia
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Authorities in Galicia, Spain, have decided to ban the capture of mussels in 18 of the 55 wooden platforms out in the water due to red tide presence, reported La Voz de Galicia.
The ban involves 32% of total mussel production in the floating nurseries – or bateas, in Spanish.
Although the harmful algal blooming, also known as red tide, decreased in July, the phenomenon has started again in recent days.
Galician authorities said it is too soon to decide how much red tide will affect production in the following weeks, or whether it will be worse than the one that hit the sector in 2013.
So far, the local government decided to distribute €1.5 million among mussel producers to cope with losses.
Read the full story here. (original source in Spanish)
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