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Date Published: 01/05/2024

2.8 tonnes of waste removed from San Javier seabed

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This cleaning project, which also impacts the waters around Los Alcázares, will continue until the end of June

2.8 tonnes of waste removed from San Javier seabed

Between now and the end of June, the Hippocampus Association will be focused on cleaning the seabed around the San Javier air base and Los Alcázares.

The last time this was done, some 60 divers, the Military Parachuting School and the Parachute Sapper Squadron managed to extract more than 2.8 tonnes of waste from the ocean floor.

"These types of actions have a clear effectiveness in caring for the seabed, as has been seen in the last cleaning carried out last week," said the Minister of the Environment, Universities, Research and Mar Menor, Juan María Vázquez.

The seabed cleanings have been organised by the Ministry and are funded through the Natura 2000 Network and the Comprehensive Management Plan for the Natural Spaces of the Mar Menor.

The regional government has also signed a collaboration agreement with the Hippocampus Association for the study of the most representative populations of syngnathids (family Syngnathidae) in the Mar Menor: long-nosed seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus), short-nosed seahorse and common (Hippocampus hippocampus), river or lagoon godwit (Syngnathus abaster) and mule godwit (Syngnathus typhle).

This agreement, signed in 2023, has a duration of four years and the objective of contributing to the study and conservation of these species, their habitat, the identification of their threats and the carrying out of awareness-raising and environmental education work for the local population.

The Minister concluded that "these studies, awareness-raising and environmental education tasks are key to improving the population status of these species and combating the threats that affect them."

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San Javier Tourist Offices The municipality of San Javier has three main offices giving tourist information to visitors, as well as two information points. The tourist offices are located in Santiago de la Ribera, on the ground floor of the town hall in San Javier and at the start of La Manga. There is a tourist information point located in the San Javier Airport, as well as one at kilometre 12-13 of La Manga del Mar Menor.

Due to its location on the fringes of the Mar Menor and Mediterranean, San Javier has a period of intense summer tourism activity during the peak summer months, although it is popular with retirees of all nationalities out of peak season.

Tickets for the annual San Javier Jazz Festival can be purchased at the Festival office in San Javier Town Hall, Plaza de España.

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San Javier Tourist Offices Calle Padre Juan. Centro Cultural Príncipe de Asturias (Click for map: Centro Cultural Príncipe de Asturias)
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