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The mayor of Cartagena, José López, met Tuesday morning with various members of the Platform 'Pact for the Mar Menor' to inform them of the content of the technical meeting held late last week at the headquarters of the Ministry Of Water, Agriculture and Environment.

There, various issues concerning the status of the Mar Menor were discussed, as well as the work and measures being carried out for its conservation.

During the meeting, developed in the administrative building of San Miguel, have been made known the considerations offered by the regional administration in relation to the initiatives carried out on the salt lagoon.

Throughout the meeting, Professor of Ecology at the University of Murcia (UM), Ángel Pérez Ruzafa, expressed concern about the execution of the actions planned, as the deadline to carry them out ends on March 31, putting The accent on how dangerous to overcome that date, as this alteration, with the rise in temperatures, can lead to a situation similar to last year.

For all these reasons, it was informed of the technical commitment to carry out minimum interventions on the beaches (specific and limited, after consultation) and to undertake an Integral Plan of discharges in the Mar Menor to avoid annual repairs.

In addition, the Action Plan will have to avoid dredging and regenerating with sand, as it proves to cause fuming.

In the same way, it was informed that in the port mouths sand can be sucked and that it is supplied on the beach, meaning that quarry sand should not be supplied and that, at present, the main input of nitrates originates By the southern basin, but not by the Albujón rambla.

THE INTERVENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CARTAGENA

On the other hand, the municipal technician of the City Council of Cartagena, in relation to the new legislation promoted to generate a change of productive model in the Mar Menor basin, requested to know at what moment of processing the said Decree Law is found, as well as the Suitability to act in certain clouded areas such as the port of Los Nietos.

In line with this question, the need to act only by hand cleaning the dry zone was evidenced.

From the City of Cartagena, it was reiterated that the exhaustive criteria of the technicians should be the only pattern that guides the line of action to be developed in the Mar Menor;

While fostering solidarity and cross-cutting collaboration between agencies and institutions to achieve the ultimate goal of conservation of the Mar Menor.

PLATFORM 'PACT BY THE SEA MINOR'

'Pact for the Mar Menor' is a platform that emerged at the end of 2015 and which is made up of people and social, professional, cultural, environmental, trade union organizations, etc., united by the objective of advancing the conservation of the Mar Menor, As "incalculable" their "ecological, cultural and economic values".

Among its members are a significant number of teachers from various universities.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena