Rescue operation with a happy ending for an orca that is in risk In the waters of the stiff of Gibraltar. The animal had Enmallado to one of its fins a buoy, a drum, as well as various ends and remains of fishermen art. It was therefore crucial that surgery started to free it from all those barriers They did not allow him to move or feed freely.
The Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Miteco) has been the entity responsible for all coordination of the coordination of the rescue operation thereof orca which was immediately necessary for the state in which he was and that belonged to A group of a total of eleven orcs That when they were observed last week, she hunted 5 miles north of Cabo Aspartel.
Exactly, this area between Spain and Morocco has a population of orcas that is classified as vulnerable in the Spanish catalog of endangered species (CEEE). This means that everything for the purpose of Death them, record them, pursue them and even disturb their habitat Naturally.
They save an orca in danger
The Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Miteco) coordinates the rescue operation of an orca that was in danger in the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar because it is entangled at the VIN A buoy, a drum, ends and remains of fishing art.
In a press release, the Miteco explains that the maritime service and the nature conservation service of the work of the civil protector in the operation; The Maritime Save and Safety Society (Sasemar); The general directorate of the Merchant Marine and the entities of study and protection of these Circe species, whether it is a spectator, Seaheperd, Whale and Firmm.
The operation was launched after last Friday, April 18, the general subdirectorate of terrestrial biodiversity and marina of the Mitec In motion between territorial waters of Spain and Morocco.
One of the orcs of the group is in the right chest fin, a drum, bottle, capes and remains of pasevis art, which is “in a clear risk situation” because these objects “make their free movement and their diet”.
Because the weather conditions of Saturday and Sunday in the area, it was only possible on Monday to launch surgery from following the waters of the street. After the location of the copy, the Miteco boat is on its way to continue to the unclean of the orca.
In this second operation, the staff will intervene from the administrations that have participated in the rescue and the environmental sisters, who will “strictly and rigorously apply the attention protocol” for the Unmach Up from large cetaceans founded by the International Whaling Commission.
Population of orcas
The population of orcas of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Cádiz is cataloged as vulnerable In the Spanish catalog of endangered species (CEEE), every action is forbidden for the purpose of killing, catching, prosecuting or disturbing them.
This orcas population has a specific maintenance plan that settles Cetacean -Protection Measures as the Prohibition to approach by boat at less than 60 metersfeed animals, throw food, drinks, waste or another type of object or fixed or liquid substance that is harmful to them; Produce strong or strict sound and sounds to try to attract them or move them away, including the emission of underwater sounds, the ministry explains. EFE / ECOTICIA.COM