Santa Pola Fishermen Clean Up The Sea

Santa Pola precocious hosted Clean Ocean Day – a marine clean-up inaugural organised by nan Fishing Shipowners’ Cooperative of nan Port of Vigo (ARVI). It forms portion of nan European NETTAG+ project, which focuses connected preventing, avoiding, and mitigating nan effect of mislaid sportfishing cogwheel and marine litter. The arena underscored nan sportfishing sector’s increasing committedness to sustainability and its domiciled arsenic an progressive partner successful marine protection. 

A full of 11 vessels joined nan voluntary cognition alongside representatives from ARVI and nan Santa Pola Fishermen’s Guild. Prominent section leaders specified arsenic Reme Ruso, president of nan Santa Pola Shipowners’ Association, and Jose Lopez Cachopino, main skipper of nan guild, besides lent their support.

The clean-up effort took spot adjacent nan port, wherever crews classified and removed discarded collected astatine sea. In total, 78.5 kilograms of marine litter, overmuch of which was traced backmost to onshore sources, were extracted. Additionally, 22 kilograms of onboard discarded were responsibly managed.

NETTAG+, portion of nan Interreg Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) programme, connects sportfishing organisations from Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, nan Basque Country, and bluish Portugal. Emphasising nan value of shared responsibility, nan inaugural combines manufacture action pinch consciousness campaigns aimed astatine coastal communities. 

ARVI expressed gratitude to nan shipowners, fishermen, and volunteers, stressing that collaborative efforts for illustration Clean Ocean Day are captious successful promoting a healthier water and a much sustainable early for sportfishing communities.