US EditionDivers cleaning up seabed off Greece’s Alonissos raise alarm over marine pollution
- Volunteer divers led by Aegean Rebreath conducted a two-day cleanup off Alonissos, Greece’s largest protected marine park, in May 2025.
- This initiative addresses growing concern over marine pollution in the Mediterranean, where large quantities of debris annually contaminate the waters.
- Divers removed debris including decaying plastic bottles, a tire, and rusted chains near the main port of Votsi, a hotspot for tourism and fishing.
- Greece has allocated 780 million euros to support 21 projects, which include establishing two additional protected sea areas in the Aegean and Ionian Seas and increasing the coverage of its marine protected zones to 30% of territorial waters by 2030.
- The cleanup highlights ongoing threats to biodiversity in the park, home to endangered Monk seals and over 300 fish species, and underscores the need for wider preservation efforts.
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Divers off Greece's Alonissos raise alarm over seabed pollution
Off the Greek island of Alonissos in the eastern Aegean Sea, volunteer divers grab decaying plastic bottles, a tire and a rusted anchor chain from the seabed and place them in a trash bag as part of an EU-funded cleanup to protect marine life.
Divers Cleaning Seabed Off Greek Island Raise Alarm About Marine Pollution - WhoWhatWhy
Divers Cleaning Seabed Off Greece’s Alonissos Island Raise Alarm About Marine Pollution (Maria) The author writes, “Off the Greek island of Alonissos in the eastern Aegean Sea, volunteer divers grab decaying plastic bottles, a tire and a rusted anchor chain from the seabed and place them in a trash bag as part of an EU-funded cleanup to protect marine life. The items recovered off Alonissos — a favorite tourist spot for its green-blue waters, an…
Divers cleaning up seabed off Greece’s Alonissos island raise alarm over marine pollution
The items recovered at Alonissos, a favourite tourist spot for its green-blue waters and Europe's largest protected marine park, represent a tiny part of the tens of thousands of tons of waste that litter the Mediterranean Sea every year.
Divers cleaning up seabed off Greece’s Alonissos raise alarm over marine pollution
By Stelios Misinas ALONISSOS, Greece (Reuters) -Off the Greek island of Alonissos in the eastern Aegean Sea, volunteer divers grab decaying plastic bottles, a tyre and a rusted anchor chain from the seabed and place them in a trash bag as part of an EU-funded cleanup to protect marine life. The items recovered off Alonissos – a favourite tourist spot for its green-blue waters, and Europe’s largest protected marine park – represent just a tiny pa…
Voluntary seafarers hid within two days the bottom of the largest protected marine park in Europe, Greece, in an action to protect marine life.
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