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Millions of white plastic pellet balls are appearing on the beaches of Galicia (Photo Noia Médica/OKGreen)
CEPESCA remains alert to assure consumers of the quality and safety of its products in the face of pellet spills
(SPAIN, 1/12/2024)
Controversy over the so-called “pellets” that appeared on different beaches in the north of Spain and the south of France
The Spanish fishing sector, represented by the Spanish Fishing Confederation (Cepesca), has expressed its intention to remain alert and use all the internal mechanisms and instruments of its different entities to ensure that the fish and seafood that reach consumers do so, as is common, with the highest standards of quality and safety.
The sector is making this demonstration to reassure public opinion in the face of the possible uncertainty that the controversy over the so-called “pellets” or “granza” that appeared on different Galician, Asturian, Cantabrian and Basque beaches, as well as French ones, could cause at the time of consume fish products.
Fishermen appeal, once again, to science and scientists to determine the real effects that this dumping of plastic balls can have on health. In this sense, they indicate that the first information indicates that it is polyethylene that would not be toxic. In any case, these are not microplastics and, if they were accidentally ingested by fish, they would be present in the stomach and intestines, not consumed by humans.
One of the bags with plastic pellets that appeared on one of the Galician beaches (Photo Noia Limpia/OKGreen)
Therefore, the fishing sector calls for calm and non-information speculation around this fact and urges the political parties, the Government of Spain and the Autonomous Communities to work together to clarify and determine in a reliable manner the real scope. environmental, social and economic consequences of this incident, and to seek effective solutions for its eradication. In this sense, the fishing sector offers all its collaboration, as it usually does.
Finally, the fishing sector believes that this unfortunate situation can serve to demonstrate the need to reinforce preventive and non-reactive policies capable of minimizing the impact of any type of risk that the intense maritime traffic of the Cantabrian and Atlantic coasts may have on its environmental, economic and social sustainability.
Spanish fishermen collecting garbage
Likewise, the sector also takes advantage of the opportunity to raise awareness among citizens and administrations of the problem posed by the 1.7 million tons of plastic that reach the oceans every year, from activities on land, according to the report “Global Plastics Outlook 2022” from the OECD.
.png) Finally, it is worth remembering that fishermen have been fighting this scourge for years and voluntarily cleaning the seabed of garbage and plastics. Thus, as an example, in 2022, nearly 2,600 fishermen collected almost 19 tons (189,844 kilos) of garbage - mostly plastic - from the Spanish seabed through the Upcycling the Oceans program. Thanks to this program, clothing, footwear and other utensils are manufactured using these waste as raw materials. The recycling program, which began in 2015, has already collected approximately 1,400 tons of waste at sea.
Other initiatives promoted by the fishing sector, such as RED-USE, pursue the circularity of fishing nets and gear when they end their useful life, becoming part of urban and domestic furniture, among others. In 2022, more than 19 tons of nets were collected from participating Spanish ports, confirming the sector's commitment to a zero waste policy.
One of the bags with plastic pellets that appeared on one of the Galician beaches (Photo Noia Médica/OKGreen)
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