Question 11093 — overseas

Summary

Mrs. Manuéla Kéclard-Mondésir draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the situation of the fishing industry in Martinique following the invasion of sargassum algae. According to a study made public in July 2018 by the regional maritime fisheries committee of Martinique, of the 600 professionals in the sector, more than 61% would be impacted by the phenomenon. From January to June 2018, three months of activity would have been lost by the latter, which would represent a total economic loss estimated at 3.3 million euros. The fishermen testify to their difficulties in carrying out their activity due to the large slicks drifting offshore or washing up on the shores. Coastal trolling becomes impossible, traps are lost and casting nets is difficult, while snorkeling becomes dangerous. They also testify to the scarcity of fish and deterioration of their electrical or mechanical fishing equipment (devices, propellers, oxidation of batteries, freezers damaged by corrosion caused by sulfur gases emanating from sargassum, etc.). Finally, nearly 90 fishermen complained of health symptoms (itching, eye or nasal irritation, nausea and migraines, dizziness). She therefore asks him measures it intends to take to support Martinique's fishing industry and fishermen faced with this natural, economic, environmental and health disaster for island micro-economies like Martinique.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.