Around twenty divers mobilized to clean a spot renowned for its seahorses in the Thau pond

Une vingtaine de plongeurs du département s'est impliquée dans ce nettoyage. MIDI LIBRE – PHILIPPE MALRIC

75 pneus ont été remontés des fonds. MIDI LIBRE

Les berges ont aussi été nettoyées. MIDI LIBRE

The Frontignan diver, who alerted four years ago about the state of this corner of the pond, began cleaning by hand, with other colleagues, this Saturday 23rd. March.

While the banks of the Thau pond, at the level of the old Bordelaise pontoon were cleaned, this Saturday, March 23, by hand by volunteers from Project rescue ocean and the Guardians of Thau, around twenty divers, from Béziers, Sète, Frontignan and Montpellier, shared the underwater area to clean the seabed by hand.< /p>

Alert issued four years ago

Among them, Luigi Licciardi, the diver from Frontignan who raised the alarm about the deplorable state of the seabed four years ago. Especially since this spot is internationally renowned for the presence of seahorses. A rant which resulted, last month, in the removal, under the direction of the agglomeration, of 14 wrecks. Just as many remain at the bottom. Including a very recent one…

75 tires and 500kg of waste

This Saturday, the divers, in cold water, tried to manually clean the rest, while being careful not to disturb biodiversity. They thus removed no less than 75 tires – "there are still around thirty left but they are truck tires that cannot be made by hand", says Luigi Licciardi after the day – and 500 kg of various waste. A new cleaning session is already scheduled for the end of October and beginning of November, an ideal time to avoid disturbing wildlife.

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