Giving a new life to sea grass

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A new public works contract for cleaning and maintaining Denia’s beaches will include a treatment centre for a sea plant native to the Mediterranean, according to the terms and conditions agreed by the local government this week.

A special warehouse, expected to cost around €1.04 million, will be used to store and sort the collected-up Neptune grass.

Underwater meadows of Posidonia Oceanica expand across hundreds of square kilometres of sea bed, providing vital oxygen, shelter and food for marine fauna.

Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News

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