Vilanova missed Saturday's 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo, in which Messi became the first player to score against every team in the league in successive matches.
Mr Lopez Veiga admits that ever fewer locals are taking jobs at sea, though he points out that catches landed at Vigo support thousands of local jobs in processing and distribution.
In Saturday's other matches, Celta Vigo beat Levante 1-0 while Zaragoza moved off the bottom of the table after beating fellow strugglers Mallorca 3-2.
Ronaldo followed up last weekend's double against Celta Vigo to score his 27th of the league season, leaving him second in the "Pichichi" standings behind Lionel Messi's 40 as he headed in a corner to make it 2-2.
Atletico Madrid sits 11 points adrift in second following a 1-1 draw at Mallorca, while Celta Vigo eased its relegation worries with a 3-1 win over Real Valladolid.
Vigo County attorney Timothy Fears said that under Indiana law a county coroner may conduct an autopsy in the case of an "unnatural death" -- including an execution -- but does not have to.