"The departments of the Department and the Agris Agency are dedicating the maximum possible effort to the definition of a framework of rules and procedures necessary to implement article 13 of regional law 17 of November 22, 2021 , approved by the Council with broad consensus . The law, which establishes a path aimed at finding a solution that can no longer be postponed to the concrete problem of species reduction in the territorial sea of Sardinia, provided for the closure of the sea urchin fishing season within 60 days of publication in the Buras, which expired yesterday. . The guidelines have already been defined for some time by the operational units participating in the resource monitoring plan. Agris has already started the work of defining the Operational Plan for the implementation of the intervention and will promptly publish the expression of interest for those who have right".

This was explained by the Councilor for Agriculture, Gabriella Murgia, who took stock of the interventions implemented by the Region in support of fishermen , who are on a war footing and announce battle.

"Within the terms provided for by the law - he declared -, the regional council approved the implementation directives with a resolution of 28 December last. and collection of observations on the Directives approved by the Executive and on the proposals for detailed provisions, approved with a specific decree on January 19th ".

The decree establishes that the daily remuneration for the provision of service provided for the monitoring of the sea urchin resource and for the cleaning of the seabed is 250 euros for professional underwater fishermen operating from the shore and 500 euros for those who operate with a support boat and a person in charge of aid and rescue (250 euros for the spearfisher, 150 for the person in charge of rescue and 100 for the expenses related to the boat).

If two professional underwater fishermen work on the same boat, the daily remuneration for the service provided is 600 euros, if the same divers provide each other with aid and rescue, and 750 euros if in addition to the two underwater fishermen professional, there is also a third person on board and in charge of aid and rescue.

The consideration envisaged for the provision of the contracted service is disbursed as follows: 20% of the total amount as an advance, if in the applicant's interest, upon signing the contract, after taking out a specific surety policy to guarantee the advance; 50% of the total amount, at the end of the regular performance of half of the total number of services provided, within 30 days of receipt of the invoice; the balance at the regular conclusion of the services provided, subject to legal checks and in any case within 30 days of receipt of the invoice.

"The administrations concerned will put in place all necessary obligations to guarantee operators the forms of income protection provided for by law, it being understood that the holders of the authorization will still be able to carry out the other types of fishing provided", concluded Murgia, who guaranteed the maximum commitment "to find both administrative and regulatory solutions to include operators who were excluded due to various problems in the provision".

(Unioneonline / F)

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