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They met again in November. Until then, it is not certain that the anger of the Channel mussel farmers will subside. While they have been alerting government services for years about the spread of spider crabs, which mostly destroy their crops, bushy mussel producers persist. “doubt” faced with the solutions proposed by the district head. “Like St. Thomas, I’ll wait to see to believe…”trusts Thierry Heil, chairman of the Normandy Regional Shellfish Farming Committee.
Last week, after a demonstration of the sector’s strength in front of the gates of Saint-Lô préfecture, the prefect signed a decree allowing, as already in Ile-et-Villenes: “submersible experiments on the seabed around mussel concessions to deter predators”. But for mussel farmers, this decree comes too late. “This summer spiders devoured 30% of our production…
Source: Le Figaro
