Objective
Most of the project's measures tackle the root causes by focusing on restoration of the wetlands. These measures include provision of the infrastructure (channels, dams, dykes) required to recreate periodically inundated zones and areas of wetland vegetation, which would augment the space available for nesting and foraging. Improvement of water quality, preservation of beaches and reedbed management are other measures envisaged. Furthermore, specific actions targeting the four species concerned will be undertaken, such as captive breeding and release into the wild of the two fish species. Land will be purchased to establish reserves to act as refuges for the bittern and as management areas for Audouin's gull. Finally, an awareness campaign on the importance of the species and their habitats will be launched.
Catalonia boasts two species of fish and two bird species which are threatened by extinction and whose survival depends on the conservation of the wetlands in this region. As far as the two fishes are concerned, the samaruc (Valencia hispanica) and the fartet, both have important populations in the Catalan wetlands. Outside Catalonia, the samaruc is found only in the Valencia region, while seven of the thirteen known fartet populations are found in Catalonia. Concerning the two bird species, Catalonia holds the only regularly breeding bittern (Botaurus stellaris) population in Spain whereas the largest breeding population of Audouin's gull (Larus audouini) worldwide, nests in the Ebro Delta.
These populations of samaruc, fartet and bittern occur in three coastal wetlands: the Ebro and the Llobregat deltas and the Aiguamolls de L'Emporda marshes, all of them SPAs. The main threat to the conservation of these species is habitat loss, as a result of water pollution, direct destruction caused by agricultural, industrial or tourism development and the introduction of exotic species. As far as Audouin's gull is concerned, its reproduction rate depends on the food supply (fish) which is however jeopardized by present trends in the fishing industry.
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08007 Barcelona
Spain
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