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The mayor of San Javier, Juan Martinez has signed a collaboration agreement between the City of San Javier and the University of Murcia, León Agricultural Experiment Station (CSIC) and the University of Santiago de Compostela for studying the use of oceanic Posidonia feeding in various ruminant species.

Upon signing the agreement, which was initialed previously rectors of universities of Murcia and Santiago de Compostela, and Juan Gutierrez attended Candido Sotillo, research team members at the University of Murcia, and the Councillor for Beaches, Antonio Martinez.

The mayor of Tourism and Beaches, Antonio Martinez coordinates with the Environment Councillor, Celia Martinez municipal participation in this study, which was presented last summer in San Javier and that could result in the entry of the chain posidonia forage food source through ruminant feeding.

At the moment there are already eating sheep posidonia without having received any external change in the animals, in the absence of final laboratory research, as explained scientists from the University of Murcia where, at present, is performed this phase of the project.

The Agricultural Experiment Station Leon repeated the study with sheep, and the University of León with cows.

The researchers, who previously analyzed the virtues of seagrass as food for ruminants feasible, estimate that the latest findings of the study will be ready in three years and are optimistic about the results.

To the City of San Javier, which provides part of the Posidonia used in the study, would be a huge edge when it would reduce or eliminate the economic costs of the withdrawal point during the bathing season, of Posidonia some of its beaches, explained the mayor of Tourism, Antonio Martinez.

Beaches councilor stressed the importance of Posidonia arribazones throughout the year as a natural barrier against the regression of beaches with excellent results on the beaches of the Mediterranean, in La Manga, noting that only retire during the bathing season in those beaches that are not in danger of disappearing.

These algae would be allocated to animal use, if finally granted the validity study, without treatment of waste, which would be a major cost savings to the City, while it would also be economically advantageous to the farmer.

Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier