Firma Instrucción para a recollida de mexilla

Firma Instrucción para a recollida de mexilla

Transport guarantees maritime safety conditions during cheek harvesting in Galicia

• Through the signing of the Service Instruction by the Director General of the Merchant Navy, Gustavo Santana, which regularises an activity that until now was carried out in a precarious manner.                                                                  
• The new regulation allows the bateeiros to obtain the clearance of the vessel to operate on the coast, a necessary condition to guarantee the coverage of professional contingencies managed by the Social Institute of the Navy.

Vilagarcía, 11 December 2024

11 de diciembre de 2024

Acto de firma hoy, en Vilagarcía de Arousa (Pontevedra)

 

 

 

 

The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has guaranteed maritime safety conditions during the mussel harvest in Galicia, with the signing today by the Director General of the Merchant Navy, Gustavo Santana, of the Service Instruction that will allow the bateeiros to regularise their vessels to harvest with the necessary clearance and, consequently, maintain the coverage of professional contingencies with the Social Institute of the Navy (ISM).

This puts an end to an old demand of the mussel sector, with a great weight in certain areas of Galicia, mainly in the Rías Baixas, and regulates an activity that has no other way of being carried out and that, due to the lack of an adequate regulation, was being carried out in precarious conditions.

Santana was joined at the signing ceremony held at the headquarters of the Organisation of Galician Mussel Producers (OPMEGA) in Vilagarcía de Arousa (Pontevedra) by the director general of the Social Marine Institute, Elena Martínez; the regional director of the Sea in Vigo, Elena Suárez Sarmiento; and the president, Ricardo Herbón. All of them have expressed the importance of working together to reach a consensus that, in this case, favours the development of an activity as important for the Galician economy as mussel aquaculture.

Improving safety

O Ministerio de Transportes e Movilidad Sostible garantiu as condicións de seguridade marítima durante a recolección da fazula en Galicia, mediante a firma hoxe do director xeral da Mariña Mercante, Gustavo Santana, da Instrución de Servizo que permitirá aos bateeiros regularizar as súas embarcacións para colleitar co despacho necesario e, en consecuencia, manter a cobertura de continxencias profesionais co Instituto Social da Mariña (ISM).

Desta forma, ponse fin a unha antiga reivindicación do sector mexilloeiro, cun gran peso en determinadas zonas de Galicia, principalmente nas Rías Baixas, e regular unha actividade que non ten outra forma de levarse a cabo e que, por falta dunha norma adecuada, estaba a realizarse en condicións precarias.

Until now, vessels engaged in mussel harvesting have carried out this activity without obtaining prior clearance. The Maritime Authorities could not clear this type of vessels to sail on the coast because they are classified in a class (III/S) with which they can only operate within sheltered waters.

With this Service Instruction, these vessels will be able to be certified in conditions to obtain clearance to operate on the coast and work in the harvesting of the cheek in safe conditions.

The other major demand of the sector, which was to be able to work ‘in company’, i.e. to have access to the multi-entanglement procedure when the operators are different, was already solved.