Overview
- The Xunta has expanded its nearly €23 million emergency 'plan de choque' by authorizing bilateral accords for Vilanova de Arousa and Cabo de Cruz that together mobilize about €1.8 million for local restoration work.
- Vilanova de Arousa will receive €483,597.63 to seed 650,000 clams and deploy about 65 on-foot shellfishers while Cabo de Cruz will get roughly €1.3 million to plant about 2.3 million units and involve around 163 workers.
- The emergency fund is largely co-financed by the EU Fempa at about 70 percent and includes monthly compensation of up to €700 per worker for those engaged in regeneration tasks.
- Closures of multiple marisqueo banks, including Moaña, have left dozens of on-foot shellfishers unable to work and sales through May plunged to 788 tonnes worth €9.7 million, a sharp drop from prior years.
- Regional officials stress technical measures such as the O Vicedo hatchery and the MaruxIA salinity model while opposition parties criticize the package as insufficient and fault the central government for providing no direct regional aid.