The annual conference of the European Cetacean Society (ECS), on the island of Sao Miguel (Azores, Portugal) the place that has been chosen for the presentation of the known as known Noisea Project that confirms the negative effects of sea movement, as well as sound pollution on the biodiversity of marine.
This initiative comes from Murcia, from the Naval and the Sea Technology Center (CTN), and focuses on the Mazarrón Escarpper zone, explained a special nature conservation zone (ZEC).
Noisea has been in charge of analyzing the “complex relationships” between maritime traffic, sound pressure levels and the distribution of marine species. For this they used an acoustic modeling and a biodiversity mapping.
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The Naval and Sea Technology Center (CTN) of Murcia will present the Noisea project that the effects of marine traffic and noise pollution on marine biodiversity in the Escarpera de Mazarrón, in the Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society (ECS)On the island of Sao Miguel (Azores, Portugal).
According to a CTN declaration, the NOISEA project tries to ‘understand and reduce’ the impact of anthropogenic noise in one of the most valuable areas of the Western Mediterranean Sea: the escarpe of Mazarrón, a special conservation zone (ZEC).
The project will be presented in the 36 edition of the ECS, which will take place this year from 14 to 16 May The motto “Sailing in exchange water”, at a time when human pressure on the oceans increases.
Noisea, with financing from the Institute of Development of the Murcia region, in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano and the whale -like Cetacean and Navigation SL SIR, analyzes the Complex relationships between maritime traffic, sound pressure levels and the distribution of marine species Through acoustic modeling and mapping of biodiversity.
The project aims to “identify critical areas and to propose adjusted mitigation measures based on high -resolution empirical data.”
The Mazarrón escapes It is a study area that acts as a migration and food area for cetaceans such as the common boiler, the ZiFio de Cuvier, the common Rorcual or the sperm whale, as well as for sea turtles, pelagic birds and other vulnerable organisms.
According to CTN, the generation of detailed noise and habitat cards in this environment will improve the design of the environmental policy and be supported on the basis of scientific evidence, in addition to others Benefits for the blue economy, industry and society in general«.
According to the head of CTN Marine Pollution Management, Amalia Jurado Mcallister, by a rigorous study of the distribution of cetaceans in the Mazarrón Escarpe, together with the AIS data analysis (automatic identification system) of ships, it was possible to verify that the distribution of these species “It seems most likely struck by the presence of ships and therefore also by the underwater sound that they generate.”
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