The Oceanic Posidonia It is endemic for the Mediterranean Sea And extensive prairies in which a specific biodiversity lives that together form a complicated ecosystem that offers refuge and food for many animals.
The Disappearance of Posidonias Meadows causes an abrupt break in the ecosystem balance. This makes the waters cloud and loses oxygen, to change their pH, that multiplies the erosion of the sand of the beaches and that the eggs and larvae of many species do not spread.
Protect the Posidonia
The Generalitat Marine Surveillance Service inspects 50,000 hectares of coast to set up a network monitoring network, habitats and protected marine spaces with the aim Maintain the prairies of possession of the Valencian community.
This service, which depends on the general directorate of the natural and animal environment, has Extensive the security network in 2024, so the presence of working at sea was 810 days And the ships have traveled more than 37,000 kilometers from the coast of Valencian, who assume the best records so far.
In that sense, the general manager of the natural and animal environment, Luis Gomis, emphasized that the security device ‘is formed by a Team of 19 Marine Media Professionals and eight ships managed by the ministry, which means the greatest commitment since the start of this program in 2022 ”. So the eight basic types from which the boats for the works are the Perelló, Dénia, Alcossebre, Oropesa del Mar, Xàbia, Calp, El Campello and Torrevieja.
Moreover, the current security network also has two new ships that They perform the surveillance and control work on the coast of L’Aluferera and in Dénia. “This network monitoring network, habitats and protected marine spaces steal us to collect and inform all information about the importance of nautical activity about the ecological and regulatory importance associated with the Oceanic positonia,” Luis Gomis added.
The Navy Surveillance Service has reduced the number of anchors on Postaidonia grasslands during these three years that it has been active. Moreover, they started from September 2024 Embar -Milieuagenten on service boats to expose these violations.
Also this year for the first time a process of Publication of the regulations associated with grasslands of Marine Fanerogams In five different nautical clubs: Oropesa del Mar Náutico Club, Marina El Portet de Dénia, Moraira Yacht Club and El Campello, as well as the Royal Yacht Club by Torrevieja.
Disaster and monitoring plan
The Ministry of the Environment, Infrastructure and Territory has brought together experts in Spain to analyze the state of this species in the Valencian community, within the framework of the day of Presentation of the Postidonia Monitoring Planthat was held in Alicante.
As emphasized by the director -general of the natural and animal environment, Posidonia acts against “decline of water quality, loss of biodiversity and even the regression of our beaches“And he added that this type of ‘offers oxygen, offers refuge and a reproduction zone is of interesting species, and acts as a barrier against erosion’.
The Posidonia is very sensitive to contamination by contributions from waste water and hydrocarbons Regarding coastal works. Moreover, the practice of nautical sports can increase direct aggressions as a result of random anchor.
Essential meadows
The consell regulates, via Decree 64/2022, the preservation of marine fanerogams in the Valencian community, including the prairies of Cymodocea Nodosa. This decision is considering the need for Implement a monitoring plan, and indicates that surveillanceInspection and control correspond to the Generalitat.
In that sense, the monitoring plan will be launched in 2024, which was analyzed on this day, research into research into the preservation status of the prairies of the Valencian community and sets a Protocol of sampling points by depthsFrom the bank to levels that are more than 25 meters deep more.
It is a project that, together with the work of Kust -Up and environmental agents, has allowed a monitoring network of the Navy Coast and the study of the study of the study of the study Nautical use of every room of the Natura 2000 Marina NetworkGiving logistical support and technical advice to both researchers and agents of maritime authority and salvation.
During this day, Gomis explained that our Praderas of Marine Phanerogams “Nowadays show a good conditionHowever, there is a broad improvement margin in the recovery in those areas where they have been reduced or disappeared. That is why “it is our duty and our responsibility to double efforts and to work side by side in this common goal,” he concluded.