About 70 divers assist in the control specimens of sea urchins in North Sardina (Gran Canaria)
About 70 divers assisted in the control action of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum populations conducted by the Cabildo of Gran Canaria on Sunday in the waters of the Bay of Sardina del Norte in the municipality of Gáldar, according to the Corporation island in the press release.
divers from diving clubs, Bubble Sub, The Wreck, The Big Blue, The Janequin and Diving Center North, did an excellent job in controlling the species in an area previously marked out, where have been removed from the project's inception more than 100,000 long-spined sea urchins.
Diadema antillarum is a species of sea urchin spines long characterized as a major consumer of algae, which has generated much of the funds infralittoral de Canarias, areas devoid of any type of vegetation and animal known as "barren." Algal coverage areas are critical for fish breeding and shelter so barren proliferation has become a serious problem for the conservation of marine biodiversity in the Canary Islands.
The project area has expanded over the past year and a half gradually, due to the environmental recovery that have matching funds of the bay, the sea urchin Diadema antillarum populations have been reduced by 90 percent algae have grown in size and number of feet, especially brown algae in some places and have several inches in height, and wildlife for its part has shown a considerable increase, especially the number of natural predators of Diadema antillarum, like starfish, pig cocks, red porgy and samas.
addition, this project, which aims to restore marine biodiversity in Sardina del Norte and two parts of the island, located in the Bay and Lower Confital Pasito Blanco, perform immediate action on Sunday, 23 August.
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