Sea Pollution in

Lisbon/Cascais

Authors:
Ana Carolina Barros
Beatriz Rodrigues
João Rosa
João Sacramento
 Sea pollution is the result of human
activity that contaminates the
environment - and it afeccts us all.

Although we know that our activity is bad for

the sea, it would be hard to completely stop those
activities because maritime resources have a very
important significance in worlds’ economy.
Internationally...
In order to improve
maritime safety within the
European Community the
European Commission
President Durão Barroso,
has oficially opened the
EMSA in September 2008. The objective of
this entity – that
already works in
Lisbon – is to improve,
prevent and fight sea
pollution caused by
ships and to avoid the
loss of biodiversity at
sea.
Cascais
Particularly rich in ecological
lanscapes
Tourism and maritime activities
have historical relevance
The average temperature of water
during the months of June to
September is 17ºC
Maritime Recycling Bank
in Cascais
 The first recycling bank of ship
residues was inaugurated in Raquete
dos Pescadores, a local place of fish
traders in Cascais.
A set of containers
that has a goal: collecting
lead batteries, batteries,
oil filters, candles and
oils, in a word, collecting
all ship residues instead
of leaving them at sea.
 Despite the several measures to
decrease the local pollution, the fact is
that the Lisbon seaport is a very
important place of trade, so, everyday
there are ships in and out, increasing
the sea pollution.
 A very relevant cause of sea pollution is that the
ships do their cleaning far from the coast, instead of doing
it at seaport, once it is more expensive if they do it there.
 In the middle of all these
problems , Portugal is one of
the countries the coastline of
which is often “victim” of
accidents with oil ships.

In the last 30 years there were

more than 20 severe accidents of
this type.
Not every beach is appropriate to be enjoyed…
…so there is a prize, The Blue
Flag, for the most secure
beaches with the cleanest
water and sand. There is one in
the beach S. Pedro do Estoril
(in the picture), in Cascais (in
2008 this award was also won
by two other beaches in
Cascais: Crismina and Tamariz).

Nowadays, Cascais
is one of the few
counties in the
country that does
sand disinfection on
the beaches, and the
sand spraying has
given proof of
efficacy.
 Although we know the pollution
exists and affects the sea
ecosystem, and that nowadays
some measures are taken to avoid
and decrease the pollution, the
effects that have already been
caused cannot be solved as fast as
they started, so now we just have to
try not to make things worse, and
fight for a better sea stability.
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