Women shellfish gatherers in Galicia lost 18% of the licences to work in the sector over the last year.
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The 17% licence-loss figure comes from Galiciapress, an external outlet covering the same parliamentary speech; it reports the MEP's own statement rather than an independently published primary statistic.
Independent data (Faro de Vigo) on a closely related indicator — the number of Galician women shellfish gatherers — show a 9.6% fall at the close of 2025 (to 2,232), which is notably smaller than the 17–18% licence-loss figure.
No primary official source (Xunta de Galicia, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, or Eurostat) specifically quantifying shellfish-gathering licences for 2024–2025 was located.
The MEP could not have known sources published after 2026-09-14; the two sources found are dated 2026-03-08 (data for close of 2025) and 2026-09-15 (reporting the 2026-09-14 session).
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SecondaryGaliciapressAna Miranda, ha denunciado en el Parlamento Europeo los 'graves problemas estructurales y coyunturales' ... se perdieron el 17% de las licencias.
SecondaryFaro de VigoSe registraron 2.232 trabajadoras al cierre de 2025, un 9,6% menos y lejos de las 3.887 de 2009, cuando ocupaban nueve de cada diez empleos.