Question 22899 — overseas

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Mrs. Manuéla Kéclard-Mondésir draws the attention of the Minister for Overseas Territories to the subsidizing of sargassum collection. The coastal communities of Martinique have now been facing massive invasions of sargassum algae for several years. But managing this phenomenon is becoming increasingly difficult due to: the reduction in state subsidies (30% of tax-free expenditure in 2019 instead of 80% in 2018); the intensity and recurrence of the phenomenon since 2015; the need for rapid intervention after stranding with a substantial workforce and adequate equipment to avoid the decomposition of algae and the release of sulfur gases (H2S); the unpredictable nature of the phenomenon despite forecasting efforts by a satellite monitoring system for arrivals; the bad choice made by the Government to exclude collection at sea benefit from manual collection and experimental blocking or deviating dams (not very effective). Also, given the health and economic impact of the phenomenon for the population and the community, she asks him if the State will maintain its aid at the level of 80% of the expenses incurred for manual collection, the drop in allocations having already had a strong impact on the budget of municipal authorities which can no longer keep up. By Elsewhere, if the choice of favoring the equipment of municipalities through State funding (DETR) seems good, she asks it if it also intends to favor aid for manual collection, taking into account the difficult geographical contexts and the necessary reactivity of municipalities at the time of strandings which is strategic.

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