Environmentalists believe that the use of Villaviciosa Estuary that’s ‘official’ contaminated with all types of colibacilli from fecal water that are dumped, there cannot be a pre-fertilization bed for some mussels that will later be used for human consumption.
This authorization It is surprising, since it has been closed for more than twelve years due to the shellfish harvest. in the Villaviciosa Estuary due to the continuous discharge of sewage. And the fact that they are authorizing shellfish activities without addressing the allegations implies the need to study their appeal. That’s what environmentalists will do, since we’re talking about people’s health.
The polluted Ría de Villaviciosa
The exploitation project presented and which environmentalists claimed closed the shellfish harvest. They believe that this fundamental omission was premeditated because of its direct consequences for everyone aquaculture project in the estuary. They also claimed that they do not see that there are sufficient and adequate means available to prevent the spread of Japanese mussels in the estuary due to the breaking of the containers in which they are fattened.
It represents a clear responsibility of governments because of their attitude of surrender to the surveillance of their waters. Even knowing the data from the analyzes carried out by the administration in 2022, they show a water quality that does not meet standards. With areas in which Sediments contain a high concentration of heavy metals and the absence of biological activity.
Se allows marine agriculture consisting of two rectangular plots of 1820 m² and 600 m² for the cultivation of bivalve molluscs in the Ría de Villaviciosa, aimed at pre-fattening from sizes T4-T5 to sizes T8-T10. The plots will be located in the area called La Capilla or El Requexu, south of the port of El Puntal, in San Martín del Mar.
It is discharge problem, recognized by the administration that issues the permitcauses serious economic, social and environmental damage to all actors in the Ría de Villaviciosa area. On the other hand, the Directorate General of Fisheries of the same ministry today neither confirms nor denies the low biomass figures that shellfish harvesters have been denouncing for years.
The area where the project plots are located is within the area where periodic analyzes are carried out on mollusc meat. And they are usually found very high levels of organic pollutionmaking them unviable for human consumption.
That is absolutely true unthinkable that it would be used to fatten mussel seeds, a highly polluted location and the authorities are very aware of this. Then comes food poisoning and health problems and putting your hands on your head doesn’t solve the problem.