Lanzarote says goodbye to marine cages

Of the 53 aquaculture facilities that existed at the beginning of the removal operation, only nine remain.

March 14 2023 (18:00 WET)
The President of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Dolores Corujo, on her visit to the marine cages
The President of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Dolores Corujo, on her visit to the marine cages

The Cabildo of Lanzarote continues with the removal of the marine cages from Playa Quemada. Of the initial 53 aquaculture facilities, only nine remain.

"I reaffirm the Island Institution's rejection of this economic activity, which has been shown to be harmful to the island's coast," he insisted in a press release on Tuesday.

The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, welcomed the progress of the actions and reaffirmed the Island Institution's rejection of this economic activity, which has been shown to be harmful to the island's coast.

On the other hand, Dolores Corujo guaranteed that "we will not only finish removing the cages in Playa Quemada, but they will not be installed in any area of the Island."

"These are the result of an erroneous political decision taken unfortunately in the previous term by Coalición Canaria and this is demonstrated by three technical studies that portray the degradation that the cages represent for our coastline," the president remarked.

In the same line, the mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, detailed that "these three studies show the problem of marine cages for the sebadal, even giving accumulations of mud. The sebadal is a very important plant for its contribution to the environment and marine diversity."

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