11/24/2019
A family drives ecological artificial reefs on the coast of Tarragona
Los Rota, backed by Natural Art Reef Association, work on the implementation of the Be Part Of The Ocean project for the conservation and regeneration of the sea
Los Rota are a family that has launched a project for the creation and implementation of an artificial reef park off the coast of Roda de Barà, as well as the ecological beacon system off the coast of Torredembarra.
Artificial reefs, also called biotopes, are small unique works of art designed to regenerate and conserve the marine flora and fauna of the area.
Those responsible for this idea being carried out are the members of the Rota family. Linked throughout life to the sea, they run a diving center in Torredembarra for thirteen years, in which, in addition to underwater activities, they develop projects for the regeneration of the marine environment.
Los Rota are a family that has launched a project for the creation and implementation of an artificial reef park off the coast of Roda de Barà, as well as the ecological beacon system off the coast of Torredembarra.
Artificial reefs, also called biotopes, are small unique works of art designed to regenerate and conserve the marine flora and fauna of the area.
Those responsible for this idea being carried out are the members of the Rota family. Linked throughout life to the sea, they run a diving center in Torredembarra for thirteen years, in which, in addition to underwater activities, they develop projects for the regeneration of the marine environment.
In addition, social projects are also carried out in which anyone, regardless of their abilities, has the opportunity to immerse themselves in it.
The reef project is called Be Part Of The Ocean and aims to “bring the sea closer to the whole society by immersing it fully in the knowledge of our seas and oceans and generate a link that is the impulse function for its involvement in conservation and regeneration of the environment ”. This is the definition of this initiative led by Miquel Rota.
“The materials of the biotopes are all natural, since we used Living Reef Memorial’s idea of using calcium carbonate that comes from the coral fossil. Everything comes from the sea, which causes the reefs to be installed in ideal conditions, ”says La Mirada del Leguard de La Vanguardia Max Rota, project leader of Be Part Of The Ocean.
The labyrinthine structure of these elements, both external and internal, their organic forms and the different holes and forms they adopt favor that organisms can colonize it, that some species of fry find refuge in them, that other species raise and lay eggs. and that marine life around it increases by more than 70%.
The second major project that they want to promote is the replacement of conventional beacons by others of ecological ones, designed by Miquel Rota “The arrival of ecological beaconing is an environmental and economic advantage for all. The fact that the conventional ones are installed only in summer makes the sand areas that they raise harm the seas ," he details.
“The implementation of ecological beacon systems allows them to be placed permanently without the steel chains touching the ground. In addition, municipalities would save a lot of money since only one person with a zodiac is needed to install it, and not the use of many cranes with many buoys, ”explains Max Rota.
