The Podemos group in the Cabildo of Lanzarote presented in the plenary session held this Tuesday a motion for the creation of a consensus plan to promote the Blue Economy in Lanzarote and La Graciosa in which all political groups, public scientific institutions of the Canary Islands and the civil society of the island participate. After being approved unanimously, the Cabildo has committed to exploring the possibilities of the blue economy on our island.
For the purple formation "it is urgent and fundamental for the future of the island to promote from public administrations initiatives that allow developing activities in new sectors, that reduce our dependence on the outside and generate new jobs".
"The set of activities linked to the sea already generates more than 2,700 million euros in the islands and employs some 60,000 people in 165 different professions related to this area, according to data from the Technological Center of Marine Sciences referring to 2015", expose the councilors of Podemos, who believe that the potential for growth "is still enormous".
In this regard, they consider that the conditions of the Canary Islands for the blue economy, with 1,500 kilometers of coastline and 450,000 square kilometers of sea (if the waters belonging to the Exclusive Economic Zone are included) "are exceptional".
For this reason, Podemos proposes that "sustainable aquaculture, biotechnology or marine renewable energies lead an alternative economic reactivation that generates employment while taking care of the marine environment and valuing the unique biodiversity of Lanzarote and La Graciosa", according to its spokesperson in the Cabildo, Myriam Barros.
