Closing of the Thau Lagoon: "It Would Take a Giant Collective Basin to Shelter the Shells", a Project Worth 200 Million Euros

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In the face of the health problems encountered each year by the oyster farmers in the Thau basin, the local authorities are mobilising aid. They will allocate €20 million in 2026 to accompany the shellfish sector in Hérault.

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Agglopôle de Sète, Region Occitanie and Department of the Hérault gathered €20 million divided between emergency aid and investment to protect oysters and mussels from the health crises of which professionals are victims. "This partly responds to the emergency but not to the critical situation of many companies," reacts Patrice Lafont, president of the regional shellfish farming committee. President of the Agglopole, Loïc Linares poses: "Do we w…