750 KILOS of garbage together with tyres and a trawler web have been faraway from the seabed off the Benidorm coast.
The discoveries got here in a joint operation between the Oceanographic Basis and the Valencian Surroundings Division.
Divers centered on the Particular Safety Space within the Serra Gelada Pure Park and its coastal surroundings.
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The work included the invention of a trawler web at a depth of 30 metres within the La Llosa de Benidorm space weighing round 300 kilos.
The netting in a habitat of excessive ecological worth posed a sequence menace to marine biodiversity.
Divers connected the web to a ship specifically geared up with crane to make sure an efficient extraction.
Within the coming days, a screening can be carried out to separate the weather trapped within the web and assess the impression on the affected space.
Round 20 tyres dumped on the seabed near the jetty of the islet of Benidorm have been additionally recovered.
The tyres can be disposed of in accordance with waste legal guidelines, whereas the netting can be processed by the Reciclmas recycling firm.
The current initiative is a part of an effort to revive marine ecosystems and to preserve biodiversity within the Mediterranean.
The Oceanographic Basis works constantly on the conservation and restoration of marine ecosystems via monitoring and waste removing programmes, with with the purpose of mitigating the impression of human actions on the seabed.
Practically two tonnes of garbage has been eliminated lately, contributing considerably to the restoration of underwater habitats within the Mediterranean
