Sea Pollution in Sea Pollution in Lisbon/CascaisLisbon/Cascais

Authors:Authors:

Ana Carolina Barros

Beatriz Rodrigues

João Rosa

João Sacramento

Although we know that our activity is bad for the sea, it would be hard to completely stop those activities because maritime resources have a very important significance in worlds’ economy.

Sea pollution is the result of human activity that contaminates the environment - and it afeccts us all.

Internationally...Internationally...

In order to improve maritime safety within the European Community the European Commission President Durão Barroso, has oficially opened the

EMSA in September 2008. The objective of this entity – that already works in Lisbon – is to improve, prevent and fight sea pollution caused by ships and to avoid the loss of biodiversity at sea.

CascaisParticularly rich in ecological lanscapes Tourism and maritime activities have historical relevanceThe average temperature of water during the months of June to September is 17ºC

Maritime Recycling Bank Maritime Recycling Bank in Cascaisin Cascais

The first The first recycling bank of ship residuesrecycling bank of ship residues was inaugurated in Raquete dos Pescadores, a was inaugurated in Raquete dos Pescadores, a local place of fish traders in Cascais.local place of fish traders in Cascais.

A set of containers that has a goal: collecting lead batteries, batteries, oil filters, candles and oils, in a word, collecting all ship residues instead of leaving them at sea.

Despite the several measures to decrease the local pollution, the fact is that the Lisbon seaport is a very important place of trade, so, everyday there are ships in and out, increasing the sea pollution.

A very relevant cause of sea pollution is that the ships do their cleaning far from the coast, instead of doing it at seaport, once it is more expensive if they do it there.

In the middle of all these problems , Portugal is one of the countries the coastline of which is often “victim” of

accidents with oil ships.

In the last 30 years there were more than 20 severe accidents of this type.

Not every beach is appropriate to be enjoyed……so there is a prize, The Blue Flag, for the most secure beaches with the cleanest water and sand. There is one in the beach S. Pedro do Estoril (in the picture), in Cascais (in 2008 this award was also won by two other beaches in Cascais: Crismina and Tamariz).

Nowadays, Cascais is one of the few counties in the country that does sand disinfection on the beaches, and the sand spraying has given proof of efficacy.

Although we know the pollution exists and affects the sea ecosystem, and that nowadays some measures are taken to avoid and decrease the pollution, the effects that have already been caused cannot be solved as fast as they started, so now we just have to try not to make things worse, and fight for a better sea stability.

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