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The Aquarium of the University of Murcia achieved for the first time in Spain's captive breeding Caballito de Mar del Mar Menor in their garden facilities Artillery Park in the city of Murcia.
The Seahorse was abundant until recent years in the Mar Menor and it was easy for the tourists who came to bathe in its waters had frequent contact with individuals, even at the edge of the lagoon.
Today, the Caballito de Mar del Mar Menor is very threatened as a result, among other things, the action of fishing and destruction of their habitat.
Despite the alarming situation, although very rare, in the Mar Menor are still areas of habitat in good condition where they are located the last specimens of seahorses, as researchers have been able to see the Aquarium and staff collaborates with the Global Nature Fund.
Captive Breeding Seahorse del Mar Menor is one of the most important conservation actions of Project Seahorse to the Global Nature Fund that began more than three years.
The University of Murcia and the Global Nature Fund maintains a cooperation agreement to jointly share research and conservation of the biodiversity of Mar Menor and especially Seahorse shares are captive breeding to enhance wild populations del Mar Menor with specimens from the Aquarium of the University of Murcia by captive breeding.
Already have the first 100 individuals born, some of whom are eligible to be reintroduced in the middle while others are intended for breeding.
Now highlights the important collaboration of CARREFOUR Spain and provided funds for project financing and strengthening breeding populations of the Seahorse The company has invested very positively by the marine environment in its campaign against plastic bags are very harmful to marine life.
In the phase of working populations strengthening the Directorate General of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity defining the most suitable areas for the release of copies and establishing, where appropriate, visitor zones and points of information.
As part of Project Seahorse is to sensitize the public about the need to conserve this species and its habitat and the importance of maintaining the Mar Menor in good condition.
This has been edited more than 15,000 copies of two posters and 10,000 leaflets with various information that were distributed during these years by the locations of the environment of Mar Menor.
It also works the municipality of San Javier, an organization that has an agreement of collaboration with the Global Nature Fund, which has repeatedly given municipal spaces for the traveling exhibition.
In the Project Seahorse worked in the beginning, funding the publication of informative material to the Cluster Foundation for the Protection and Conservation of the Mar Menor, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Water but that support has ended.
Source: Agencias
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