Sea urchins risk extinction in Sardinia: stop fishing until 2024 

Sea urchins risk extinction in Sardinia: stop fishing until 2024 

Until 2024 in Sardinia it will be forbidden to fish sea urchins by law. The goal is to protect these marine organisms at risk of extinction

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I sea ​​urchins living in the waters of the Sardegna they are in great demand by hotels, restaurants and tourists and are seriously threatened with extinction. To avoid the worst, the Region has decided to run for cover, by law stopping the fishing of these marine organisms, starting from next season and until 2024.





In the territorial sea of ​​Sardinia, starting from the sixtieth day following the entry into force of this law, - the text of the amendment reads - the removal, collection, detention, transport, unloading and marketing of specimens of sea urchins and related fresh products, for a period of three years and in any case until April 30, 2024.

A necessary measure that will allow the sea urchins to repopulate 

A decision that will finally give some respite to sea urchins, increasingly endangered by indiscriminate fishing. 

The reason for this drastic measure lies precisely "in the risk of extinction of the resource, given the massive withdrawal in the last decade". For the fishermen, however, compensation will be provided: 600 thousand euros starting immediately and 1,2 million for the years 2022 and 2023.

It is a proposal shared with the system of professional fishermen who before all the others felt the risk of extinction of the species - commented the regional councilor Francesco Mura, who presented the proposal - The bill is substantially included in PL284 (the so-called "omnibus law"), thus having immediate effect. THE professional fishermen will be involved in cleaning the seabed and Sardinia will have a cleaner sea and will have saved a special in very difficult difficulty.

This is a choice of common sense (from which other Regions should take inspiration!) Which, we hope, will favor the repopulation of the species.


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Sources: Regional Council of Sardinia / AGI


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