Lobsters: More than 900 outbreaks were controlled in the first five months of the year in Argentina

Buenos Aires – The National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa) controlled 900 locust outbreaks in different Argentine provinces within the framework of permanent surveillance of the insect in order to prevent and minimize the formation of swarms that affect crops, grasslands and native forest. To date, with the intensification of monitoring, the national health agency has reviewed more than 2,800 sites in 10 provinces in which it made 1,096 detections of the pest. Sightings of insect sleeves are currently being recorded in the provinces of Catamarca, Córdoba and La Rioja, which are being followed by Senasa in order to implement controls when possible. Likewise, all areas of our country where controls have been carried out since the beginning of this year are monitored, in order to carry out prevention and control measures if necessary. In February of this year, Senasa declared a phytosanitary alert after the early detection of an increase in the lobster population in ...