Regional Committee implements measures to prevent it from him Didymo entrance to La Araucania

On them border controls of La Araucania, he y cattle Agricultural Service, SAG, performs work of purification y boats fishing articles, with the purpose of preventing him entry to the microalgae Didymosphenia geminata, commonly conocida as "Didymo".

He Dydime, microalgae are one of Agua Dulce, similar in appearance mojado al paper, which fija them rocks forming the huddled masses that cover large areas of the funds of y lakes rivers, causing them damage in ecosystems y decline in the population of fish y otros ejemplares. In Chile, he declared Dydime fue plague in October 2010 it currently exists y presence of this seaweed in them y Aysén region of Los Lagos, for this reason have been formed regional committees for joint action that prevents entry of this su to plague him Otras areas the country.

In La Araucania Regional Committee of him he Didymo is made up of public y private, between Ellasia: Sernapesca, SAG, CONAF, Sernatur, DGA, Government Maritime Captaincy Puerto y.

He his SAG Regional Director Araucania, Luis Alfredo Mora, explains that "it will put SAG al service it it Didymo Regional Committee, the infrastructure that possesses the opposite y execution, through personal su, the purification of fishing tools y boats, in addition to the delivery of them to users folletería y users. With these measures seek to prevent him from admission to this plague the Region.

Likewise, you need to live desinfectando are the vehicles to enter Argentina y that carry fishing tools used in these areas such as boats, kayak fishing rod y, among Others, who are ya these articles to them as it constituyen Mayor vector propagation of the microalgae.

It is worth noting that La Araucania is free of Didymo, but due to rapid dispersion su it will señalado Regional Committee that are necessary to establish early actions to maintain this condition.

He Interim Director of Sernapesca, Richard Torrijos, dijo them that surveys conducted them cuerpos of water in the Region, by the environmental consultant Pocho y la Universidad de Chile y funded by the Undersecretary of Fisheries, señalan that currently exists in the presence of this alga in La Araucania. "Tennis great concern because we knew in what condition they were in them cuerpos of water, without however, surveys conducted with them so we can coordinate more precise the action to prevent this algae contaminate rivers y Los Lagos Region of it."

Finally, señaló Torrijos, some of the measures that llevarán out in the Region, thanks to funding al regional funds, the surveys are nueva cuerpos them of water, delivering purification kits, delivery and installation folletería camineros posters.