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Cerda says the Mar Menor can be considered free of jellyfish (18/08/2008)

The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, said today that the Mar Menor "the sea can be considered safe, peaceful and free of jellyfish", after finding the limited presence of these coelenterates in the waters of the salt lake, during the voyage boat that carried out this morning to the area of networking.

The owner of Agriculture, who was accompanied by senior officials of his Ministry and representatives of the media, highlighted the "significant and progressive decline" of individuals in the Mar Menor, and stressed that "the presence of these coelenterates in this environment is almost nonexistent. "

"After eleven years of work and performance we have controlled the jellyfish in the waters of the salt lake," added the director of Murcia.

Cerda said that the species Cotylorhiza tuberculata, known as "fried egg", "not detected" and Pulmo Rhizostoma called 'white', "has had very low concentrations."

Thus, during this campaign has captured a total of 87 tons, which relate entirely to the species known as "white", compared to 93 tons last year, and in contrast to the more than 5,000 tons were extracted in the biennium 2000-2002.

The owner of Agriculture said the results in recent years and the work done by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water, through the Directorate General of Fisheries and Livestock, primarily aimed at "the removal of reproductive adults to prevent and reduce presence, "said the owner of Agriculture and Fisheries. He added however that" the few examples that are necessary to maintain the biological balance of the marine environment. "

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He explained that the numbers caught are significantly reduced, although, he said, "its size has been increased."

According to the adviser said Murcia, this year has invested over one million euros in the actions taken for the maintenance and renewal of beach protection nets, extraction and tracking of jellyfish populations

Murcia counselor said "have been placed 42 miles of nets in an area of 100,000 square meters of swimming areas and different materials have been renovated, with an investment of 720,000 euros, to" prevent jellyfish come to the areas Beach ", and so he said," ensuring safety bath and bathers. "

The removal of jellyfish during the current campaign has been carried out with the work of eight ships of the Fishermen's Association of San Pedro, and the ship Biomur, which collects and stores copies after his capture, to be transferred to a bonded warehouse in Los Alcazares which are crushed and buried.

The Region of Murcia has become a model for other communities in the monitoring, tracking and capture of jellyfish, the "high level of expertise and innovation in this area, and the use of a system that has proven effective."

In this regard, and to prevent their proliferation, are developing activities designed to control and removal of adult species, persecution of single individuals, and sampling to study and evaluate the populations of these marine organisms.

Murcia Councilor said that despite the limited impact of jellyfish in this campaign and to "avoid creating new populations in 2009, has been caught to reduce the proliferation of polyps during this year", also following the recommendations of Spanish Institute of Oceanography.

JELLYFISH COLLECTION IN QUANTITIES

2000-2002

Just over 5,000 tons

2003

4,006 tons

2004

3,027 tons

2005

There was no catching jellyfish

2006

1,060 t

2007