Video “Together we have the power to protect the ocean.” Is the motto that the UN has chosen for the day on Saturday at the conclusion of the Oceans Day.
in Spain was celebrated with special emphasis by the government and environmental organizations, as our country has more than one million square kilometers of marine waters, roughly twice the country’s land area. It is therefore the second European Union country in sea surface behind Portugal.
Spain is among the European countries with the highest marine biodiversity, yet the sea is “a great unknown” for most citizens. In fact, he added that Spain has some 10,300 species, representing 5.1 percent of the world total marine biodiversity.
Specifically, here are over 500 species of marine sponges, more than 2,000 of mollusks and 32 species of cetaceans, as well as microscopic species, such as sea urchins of a few millimeters, and whale species over 20 meters.
From the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment want to stress the importance of the sector in the Spanish economy and urges citizens to work together to highlight the value of the marine environment because it is “an important hallmark of the brand Spain par the rest of the world, both as a scientist and an environmental claim and tourism”.
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economic sectors linked to the marine environment generate a value exceeding EUR 92,000 million and employ over 1.6 million workers. These data account for 8.82 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and employment 9.57 percent, respectively (data from 2009).
However, the Government And also want to stress the risks faced by oceans , especially those affecting the Spanish seas: climate change, marine pollution, overfishing and occupation of the coast by man.
Greenpeace class=”ladillo”>Grenpeace organization has urged policymakers a firm commitment in protecting the oceans, so that future generations can also leverage their resources.
host organization aboard his ship Arctic Sunrise, currently in London-an act in which sustainable European fishermen and politicians will ask to support sustainable fisheries and stock recovery fishing.
id=”player_2″ Hide video In March, Greenpeace launched a campaign to support this type of fishing, which has toured many European countries that participated in the sustainable fishing of different nationalities. “According to the Commission, there is a clear reduction of fish stocks by 48%, of those evaluated in the Atlantic, and 80% in the Mediterranean are overfished, demonstrating that need for greater political will to end overfishing “, said Elvira Jimenez, head of Greenpeace Oceans. class=”ladillo”> WWF calls on the government that the crisis no excuse to cut funding for the protection of the sea, as is happening with the Marine Reserves Fishing Interest (RMIP). According to the organization These reserves ensure the maintenance of resources, contribute to the protection of valuable ecosystems and benefit primarily concerned, the fishermen, who are involved in day-to-day management. addition, the organization Spain recalls the commitment to protect up to 10% the surface of the seas and oceans , so you must increase the area covered by the marine Natura 2000 network. Ecologists in Action class=”ladillo”> Ecologists in Action claimed as an alternative fishing to continue taking fishermen, fish at tables and fish in the sea. The organization notes that the oceans play a crucial role not only for life on the planet, but also for the world economy, and is also key to regulate the temperature, which today, with climate change, is an even more important role. But despite its importance he adds, are still overexploited, degraded, contaminated and there are plastic even in the abyssal plains. “Their ecosystems are seriously affected largely by the effects of industrial fishing”, points. id=”player_3″ Hide video Oceana class=”ladillo”> Oceana organization has called for giving priority to research and conservation of the deep. Alert habitats and species that suffer daily damage that go unnoticed, a deterioration that can become irreversible if it continues to put off taking conservation measures. “Ecosystems and species are most vulnerable deep ocean. many organisms have slow growth and low reproductive rate, so that the damage may be irreversible,” says Ricardo Aguilar, research director of Oceana in Europe. According to Aguilar, “activities such as oil exploration, mining and destructive fishing and have reached the bottom of the sea, but conservation is left on the surface in the best” . class=”jackson”>
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