The work is intensified by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Miteco), to stop progress with the Spanish coasts of the exotic seaweed Rugulopteryx okamurae That does not stop stretching in the national coast.
It is an invasive species that has important effects because it has a negative influence on marine ecosystems and sectors such as fish, tourism and port activities. And this can not only be seen on the coast of the peninsula, but also in other marine waters of the country.
In this way, the Miteco doubles its dedication and effort «with the preservation of the marine environment, inter -administrative cooperation and the entire society to extend invasive species such as, such as such as such as such as Rugulopteryx Okamurae ». A work that requires a coordinated, technical and legal solid action.
‘Rugulopteryx okamurae’ the exotic algae that is being sought for
The Ministry of Ecological transition and the demographic challenge (Miteco), through the general directorate of biodiversity, forests and desert formation, has its efforts to tackle the expansion of the expansion, intensify exotic seaweed Rugulopteryx okamuraeAn invasive species that causes important effects on Marine ecosystems and sectors such as fish, tourism and port activitiesEspecially on the southern peninsula, but also in other marine waters of the country.
Various legal, strategic and technical campaigns have been articulated from the Government of Spain to tackle this problem. First the Miteco de recording of Rugulopteryx okamurae In the Spanish catalog of invasive exotic species (Ceei), As a result, determining prevention, control and extermination measures on national territory. This admission reinforces the legal framework that is necessary to limit its expansion and to order management.
At the same time it was worked out and approved in July 2022, The Spanish strategy to combat Rugulopteryx Okamurae, which lays the foundation for a national coordinated performance, In collaboration with the autonomous communities, scientific institutions and affected economic sectors. This strategy makes a detailed diagnosis of the characteristics of the species, the reproductive mechanisms and the measures that would be necessary to control its expansion.
In addition, the management procedures of his biomass are presented, of the withdrawal at the meeting point, on the beaches or parts of the coast, in the event of arrival and in the sea in the case of accidental recordings as a result of the fish activity, as well as Transport to a collection zone, for later destruction or possible valorization.
The appreciation of the biomass of Rugulopteryx okamurae It is not interpreted if a part of its control strategy, does not participate in the population check or prevent it, but must assume that a measure of support for the mitigation of the effects produced by the species in the affected sectors, mainly the fisherman fisherman, and for the administrations responsible for the arrival and maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance of the arrival and the maintenance.
The concrete mechanisms to implement this valuation must therefore settle in the plans for biomass management, whereby they attend the details of each area, so that it is always guaranteed that the EU 1143/2014 regulation is met, the prevention and management of the introduction and distribution of invasive exotic species are met. The competence to prepare biomass management plans and to approve is exclusively of autonomous communities.
However, Miteco completed a technical guide in June 2024 for the elaboration of algae biomass management plans, to guide the autonomous administrations in drawing up their corresponding biomass management plans, with clear criteria to facilitate their withdrawal, treatment and possible appreciation in a safe and sustainable way.
The Miteco repeats its dedication to maintaining the marine environment, inter -administrative cooperation and the entire society to stop the expansion of invasive species such as, such as Rugulopteryx okamuraeWhose management requires a coordinated, technical and legal solid response in which each administration accepts its powers, in the legal framework that is in force at the level of the EU and Spain.