The general director of Fishing, Aquaculture and Technological Innovation, Isaac Rosón, has urged the central Government to take action before the European Union in order to achieve, at a minimum, a "extension" of the fishing agreement with Mauritania and thus safeguard the continuity of the Galician fleet operating in those fishing grounds.
Rosón has conveyed this request in the Fishing and Shellfishing Commission of the Parliament of Galicia, in the response turn to an initiative from the PPdeG, a party that has denounced the "absence" of measures from the state Executive in this area.
"The renewal of the agreement is urgent," the general director emphasized, recalling that, if no progress is made, the community fleet, including the Galician one, will be forced to cease its activity in Mauritanian waters starting November 15.
In his opinion, "it should be a matter of enormous relevance for the European Union," and he reproached the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food for its "inaction" on this issue. He insisted that the Xunta has already demanded that the ministerial department act urgently so that Brussels accelerates the negotiations.
In the same vein, the PPdeG deputy Nazareth Cendán has accused the central Government of placing the sector in a critical situation. "The socialists have placed the sector in a critical situation," she stated, while denouncing the "lack of dialogue" with fishing representatives.
Reversion of port lands to the central Administration
In this session, the president of Portos de Galicia, Natalia Botana, has demanded that the state Executive expedite the resolutions linked to the procedure initiated by this entity to return to the General Administration of the State those lands that are no longer essential for port uses, with the aim that they can subsequently be transferred to the municipalities interested in assuming their ownership.
Botana has pointed out that the initiative affects 25 municipalities and has emphasized that, except in the case of Cedeira —where the governing council will soon approve the pending actions—, the file is practically completed regarding the Xunta.
"When the reversion takes place, they will not be lands of autonomous public domain and the Law of Ports of Galicia will not apply, they will be managed by the General Directorate of Coasts so that the State can transfer the use that is appropriate in favor of the municipalities," she specified.
During the debate, the deputy of PPdeG Miguel Fidalgo defended "dialogue" and "planning" in this process, while the parliamentarian of PSdeG Carlos López Font demanded to know how many files are already concluded. "We demand the result," he stated. For her part, the deputy of BNG Rosana Pérez questioned the diligence with which the reversal is being processed and described some of the actions as a "joke."
Observatory of Rural Women and the Sea
The general director of Promotion of Equality, Eloína Injerto, also appeared to answer a question from BNG about the draft decree that will regulate the Observatory of Rural Women and the Sea.
From the nationalist formation, it is considered that the future body lacks sufficient resources to become a "real instrument" at the service of scientific research. "It needs its own funding, not just a structure," they have demanded from BNG.
In response to these criticisms, the general director defended that the Observatory will serve to address challenges such as increasing female presence in decision-making bodies. "We are working on the regulatory development," she pointed out, explaining that this body will provide advice, analysis, and monitoring for any public policy of the autonomous Administration and its dependent entities.