Orbetello, the Region requests a state of disaster and compensation for fishermen and factories

The governor of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, announces the request for a state of calamity for the emergency linked to the death of fish in the Maremma lagoon and promises support for the municipal administration

FLORENCE - Refreshments for fishermen and seaside activities which have had inconveniences in recent days due to the death of fish in Orbello.For this reason the Tuscany region asked for recognition recognition of the state of natural disaster to the government, “as was done in 2015:essential step to comprehensively restore fishing-related activities and finance the repopulation of the lagoon through the Feampa".This is what the governor of Tuscany announced, Eugenio Giani, regarding the emergency of lagoon of Orbetello (Grosseto), suffering due to the decomposition of algae and the death of quintals of fish.

In the meantime, based on the provisions of the regional civil protection law, Giani promises a support for the municipal administration for immediate expenses:“We will also work through a specific working group, e.g a law on refreshments– adds the President of the Region – we certainly want help the fishermen who suffered economic damage due to the lower catch collected and some tourist and seaside establishments in Ansedonia who have suffered hardships." The waters, the Region specifies, remain suitable for bathing but the decomposition of the algae has discouraged many from going to the beach.

Last weekend the complaint was raised by Fedagripesca Tuscany for the massacre of fish in the Orbetello lagoon, "with serious consequences on the local economy".“Hundreds of quintals of fish died of anoxia,” he reported Andrea Bartoli by Fedagripesca Tosca - An announced tragedy, which has its origins in the overheating of the lagoon waters", where "the Valonia algae and chemical values ​​out of control - he added - are wiping out all the fish, both those to be sold immediately and those just born, destined to regenerate the fish fauna in the lagoon".

For days the men of the civil protection of Orbetello, together with the fishermen, worked to clean up the waters and beaches and this morning the emergency seems partially over.While the Municipality of Orbetello, from its social channels, expresses satisfaction following the Region's intervention:“All the requests of the municipal administration on the Orbetello Lagoon – he points out – have been accepted”.