Mussel processing and canning. (Photo: Anfaco)
Mussel companies take 80pct of public aid
SPAIN
Friday, September 22, 2017, 21:00 (GMT + 9)
The companies dedicated to aquaculture in Galicia last year received EUR 1.7 million of public aid from the Xunta and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
Of this batch, as it was informed by the Conselleira Rosa Quintana at the latest meeting of the Galician Government, 80 per cent went to the mussel companies, and in total there were 64 firms that received some amount.
Among other projects, vessel construction and updating with different materials and the structural updating of the rafts have been financed as well as the updating of the aquaculture farms.
In view of the distribution of aid for the provinces, 57 per cent of the economic value was destined to the estuaries of the province of Pontevedra; A Coruña received 40 per cent; and the coast of Lugo, the remaining 3 per cent. In this procedure, aids are already in process for EUR 8 million.
Feed controls
The Consello da Xunta also reported a project that affects the Undersecretariats of Marine and Rural Affairs and it also involves the departments of Health and Economy. This is the implementation of the Control Plan of the food chain in Galicia, whose objective is to verify that the commercial operators involved in the food chain, from its origin to the table, meet the requirements established by the corresponding principle rule: from the respect to animals, the production of animal feed, hygiene or the labeling with its composition.
The plan document includes an organization of the authorities with competencies in the chain and the responsibilities of control, which fall in the different administrations. The plan will be valid for four years and in 2020 an evaluation of its implementation and the effectiveness of the system will be made.
Source: J. C. / La Voz de Galicia
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