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Galician polygons closed due to red tide
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Mussel farming raft. (Photo: T.Ezcurra)
Galician polygons closed due to red tide
SPAIN
Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 23:40 (GMT + 9)
Scientists of Control Institute of Technology of the Marine Environment of Galicia (INTECMAR) found that the lipophilic toxin reappeared in the waters of Galicia so the authorities decided to close five new raft polygons — three in Arousa estuary and two in that of Vigo.
The red tide was detected in Cambados, Redondela and A Pobra and INTECMAR technicians confirmed that 12 polygons are still open.
The closure affects the rafts Cambados A I, Redondela D and E; and A Pobra D and E, the newspaper Faro de Vigo reported.
While mussel fishermen, scientists and authorities believed the red tide issue had ended, last Saturday a negative development was observed. Currently 41 polygons out of 53 are affected.
The polygons that are still open are A Pobra G, A, B and C; Vilagarcía A and B2; and Cambados A2 E and D, of oyster.
Furthermore, in O Grove the activity is maintained in the polygon destined to oyster farming while those for mussels are all of them closed.
The polygons Redondela A (oyster) B and C in Vigo estuary remain also open.
Meanwhile, the polygons of Pontevedra, Muros-Noia, Corme-Laxe and Bayonne have been inactive for several months.
INTECMAR explained that the worst situation is observed in the polygon Cangas F, where harvests have been prohibited since early April.
The Secretary of Marine Affairs of Galicia, Rosa Quintana, recently admitted that it will be impossible to save the season with only a third of open polygons.
Meanwhile, the general secretary of the National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Fish and Shellfish (ANFACO), Juan Manuel Vieites, stressed that “the elimination of 100 per cent today is not possible,” as there are many factors at play , such as the brightness, currents and water temperature.
In an attempt to join forces to address this and other issues affecting the sector, five mussel organizations decided to gather holders of 1,500 rafts of the estuaries of Arousa, Pontevedra and Vigo, to create a new entity that brings them together, reported La Voz de Galicia.
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