Spain: The sardine and anchovy from Almería, in an awareness campaign in the Mediterranean

The populations of sardine and anchovy, small pelagic fish widely present in the Mediterranean Sea, "tend to recover, but very little by little", as they continue under persistent threats from pollution, fishing and climate change. This is what Ana Ventero, a technician from the Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO), who participates in the 'Medias' campaign -Mediterranean International Acoustic Survey-, in charge of counting, identifying and measuring both species in the Mediterranean, tells EFE. This expert assures that climate change "is being noticed worldwide and also in the Mediterranean", both due to the increase in water temperature and the lack of rain, which affects the discharge of rivers over a sea "almost closed" by the Strait. "Therefore, everything we can do to conserve sardines and anchovies doesn't hurt," says Ventero. Ventero studies the evolution of the sardine and anchovy thanks to the 'Medias' project, which has been operating since 2009 and which, thanks to ...