Barcelona carries out major project to transform coastline, boost marine biodiversity

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Barcelona carries out major project to transform coastline, boost marine biodiversity

STORY: Barcelona carries out major project to transform coastline, boost marine biodiversity DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the port 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): JAUME COLLBONI, Deputy mayor of Barcelona 3. various of the costal line 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): JAUME COLLBONI, Deputy mayor of Barcelona STORYLINE: Barcelona is in the process of transforming its coastline, including stimulating the blue economy and regenerating marine biodiversity in the Olympic Port area, emblematic of the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. The latest action announced by the city council is the installation in early 2023 of a hundred artificial reefs in the harbor aimed at boosting marine biodiversity. The reefs, also called biotopes, will join 300 already installed and will be placed underwater in six groups to form a large bio-regeneration reef with a surface area of more than 1,300 square meters to foster the proliferation of such marine species as eels,

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