Mussel producers in the Ebro Delta expect that between 80% and 100% of their offspring will come from Roses in a period of between four and six years.
This year the first mussels raised in the Bay of Roses and that have grown in the Bay of Alfacs and Fangar will be collected. The project seeks to adapt this production to climate change and depend less on breeding in other countries such as Italy or Greece.
On this first occasion, 26,000 kilos of breeding have been used and the forecast is to collect 50,000.
Overall, the campaign begins with good production and quality prospects; The manager of the Federation of Mol·lusc Producers of the Ebre Delta, Gerardo Bonet, has quantified that three million kilos of "excellent" quality will be produced.
The mussel campaign officially began this Friday from Alfacs Bay, where 90% of the Delta's mussel farms are concentrated.
In this space there are about ninety, which together with the seventy that are found in Fangar Bay, it is estimated that three million mussels will be produced. This is the forecast made by the Federation of Mol·lusc Producers of the Ebre Delta, which is optimistic in both the short and long term.
In this context, it is planned to extract up to 50,000 kilos of mussels previously raised in the Bay of Roses, in Alt Empordà, within the framework of an alliance between producers from Girona and the Ebro Delta.
This is a joint project that seeks, on the one hand, to adapt this production and make it more resilient to climate change in terms of salinity and water temperatures and, on the other hand, to promote a qualitative leap in this mollusk.
