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The Columbares Association, which has the collaboration of the Ayutnamiento de Cartagena, has launched the environmental itinerary 'Interpreting La Azohía: Reserva-te Cabo Tiñoso', through which participants will discover the natural, cultural and fishing heritage of La Azohía and they will learn to identify some remains of marine organisms that we can find on the beach.
This itinerary is made up of submarine canyons of more than 2000 meters in which common and gray pilot whales, common and listed dolphins are fed and which use other cetaceans, such as sperm whales and rorquals, as a migratory passage;
the almadraba of La Azohía, a traditional fishing art from the pre-Roman era and unique in the whole Spanish Mediterranean, with which fish such as bonito, frigate tuna, milkfish, mackerel or horse mackerel are caught, and the Tower of Santa Elena, a construction that, During the reign of Philip II, it was used to protect coastal populations from attacks by Berber pirates.
The activity will take place on June 1 and start from the church of the Azohía, at 9:30 am.
It is free co-financed by the FEMP, but requires prior registration (registration deadline: May 30) through the form available on the website of the Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology of the University of Alicante and Columbares Association.
This initiative is part of the project CAMONMAR3: Optimization of information for the improvement of marine spatial planning in the canyons of Escarpe de Mazarrón, Seco de Palos and "field of pockmarks".
Advances in the knowledge of the bottom trawling, artisanal and recreational fishing activity.
It is an initiative of the University of Alicante that has the support of the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, through the Pleamar Program, co-financed by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (FEMP).
The Columbares Association is responsible for the execution and dissemination of the itinerary.
A WALK FROM FLAT ISLAND TO AZOHIA
Another of the activities framed within the CAMONMAR3 project is the interpretive itinerary 'A walk from Isla Plana to La Azohía: Reserva-te Cabo Tiñoso', through which the participants in a simple walk along the beach will learn to recognize some of the the main marine species that the sea teaches us.
A marine environment in which we found the largest Posidonia oceanica meadow of the Marine Reserve of Fishing Interest of Cabo Tiñoso;
Calcareous seaweed formations called Maërl bottoms, which generate suitable habitats for the breeding of numerous species of fish, bivalves and cephalopods;
remains of thermal baths that, until the middle of the 20th century, were used by the inhabitants of the area, and a Roman site, which shows that Isla Plana was an important center for fish processing and salting, will be offered to the participants an unforgettable itinerary.
This itinerary will take place on June 15 and start from the church of Azohía, at 9 o'clock.
It is a free activity that requires prior registration (registration deadline: June 13) through the form available on the website of the Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology of the University of Alicante and Columbares Association.
TALKS ABOUT THE STATE OF NACRA DEL MAR MENOR
Under the title 'The nacre in the Mar Menor: a historical responsibility', Dr. Francisca Giménez Casalduero, Titular Professor of the Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology of the University of Alicante, and Dr. Alfonso A. Ramos Esplá, Professor of zoology of the Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology of the University of Alicante and Director of CIMAR, will explain the current situation of the populations of nacra in the Mar Menor and the conservation actions that will be launched in the coming months .
Likewise, the dissemination and environmental education actions aimed at raising awareness of the different sea users that the Ministry will carry out with the collaboration of CIMAR and Columbares Association will be presented.
The nacre (Pinna nobilis) is a bivalve mollusc endemic to the Mediterranean, and the second largest in the world, which has been in danger since, in the autumn of 2016, a parasitic disease caused by a protozoon of the genus Haplosporidium, caused almost extinction total of all the populations of the Mediterranean, with the exception of those of the Ebro Delta and the Mar Menor.
Currently the Ministry of Ecological Transition has declared it Species in critical danger of extinction.
It will be in three talks to be held during the month of June, open to all types of public until full capacity is reached:
Tuesday June 11, at 7 pm, at the Oceanographic Center of Murcia (C / Varadero, 1, 30740 San Pedro del Pinatar).
Thursday, June 13, at 7:00 pm, at the Municipal Museum of San Javier (Ctra. De San Pedro, 27, 31905 San Javier).
Thursday, June 20, at 6:00 pm, at the Archaeological Museum of Murcia (Av. Alfonso X el Sabio, 7, 30008 Murcia).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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