Marine enviroment

Port and coastal activities compatible with a healthy environment. Characterisation of sediments. Law on the Protection of the Marine Environment. Marine works and dredging permits.

Environmental monitoring and control of works at the Port of Barcelona

  • Environmental monitoring of all works carried out at the Port of Barcelona.
  • Air and water quality, waste management
  • Characterisation of dredged material in accordance with CEDEX.

Environmental management of works to extend the Port of Barcelona

  • Control of compliance with EIS.
  • Characterisation of dredged material in accordance with CEDEX.
  • Analyses of water and air.
  • Waste management.
  • Measures to conserve protected species in the Llobregat Delta.

Environmental management of works to extend Port Ginesta – Sitges (Barcelona)

  • Area of 107,000 m2
  • Forms part of Garraf Natural Park.
  • Importance of cliffs as habitat for protected bird species.
  • Creation of a new beach as a compensatory measure, with quality parameters for dredged material in accordance with CEDEX

Bionomic and bathymetric survey of the Cap de Creus Integral Nature Reserve and the Cap Gros-Cap de Creus and Cap Norfeu partial nature reserves (Girona)

  • Area: 837 ha
  • Equipment used: Multibeam Echosounder and Side Scan Sonar
  • Bathymetric and bionomic survey using transects

Characterisation of the bionomy of the Mataró coast (Barcelona)

  • Mapping seabed morphology (4,000 Ha)
  • Type of substrate, bathymetry, and characterisation of communities associated with posidonia meadows
  • Natura 2000 Network, Site of Community Importance – Maresme Coast (ES5110017)

Implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Quality of port water bodies in the Port of Barcelona (Barcelona)

  • Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
  • Quality parameters: thermohaline circulation, turbidity, transparency, suspended matter, pH, BO5, COT, dissolved oxygen, percentage saturation, nutrients, N/P, chlorophyll.
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