Out of operations since 2018, Jurace Magalhães phrase The sun is controlled, this Friday (21)To create artificial coral reefs, along the Salvador Sea, in the Rio Vermello neighborhood. According to the government of Bahia, as well as attracting marine life, The goal is to encourage diving tourism In the area.
The ship, which is about 800 tons, works for approximately 46 years at the Salvador-Izil de Itabarica crossing, carrying vehicles and passengers. The structure sank four kilometers from the coast and a depth of 30 meters.
The State Tourism Municipality initiative (SETUR-BA) was a partnership by the Institute of Environment and Water Resources (INMA) and the Brazilian Navy.
In 2020, Agenor Gordilho Ferry and Tug were sank in a planned manner at the time in the trade area. In these operations, environmental impact studies were conducted so that there is no harm to the environment.
For example, it will serve the structure of the debris as a homeland for many marine species and will prefer scientific studies, which are conducted by the Bahria government.
Marcelo Perez, a biologist in but, explained that after the operation, in just one year, the phrase will take coral reefs and the sea of all kinds. “We have made studies of pre -biodiversity for the site, where drowning can occur, and later, we made four surveys so that there are no remains that could affect some negative effects on the environment. So there were four inspections, we also evaluated the presence of gas species and our very positive expectations of biological diversity and government tourism.”
Before diving, Tania Korea tells how the experience suffers from repercussions on marine tourism. “Artificial coral reefs are homogeneous, a house for marine animals. So, the first phrase that sank today is all coral reefs. In diving, we find some endangered animals. You give them to prepare local tourism and divers around the world, wandering in wreckage that is only here.”
The Minister of Tourism in the State, Mauricio Baklar, notes that about nine ships have already been destroyed in areas near the El Salvador coast and in the Gulf of Todos-Setos, and that it is possible in diving tourism to know the history of the city, through the context of the debris of each ship.
“We have recorded a wreck of accidents, and the wars of Bahia’s independence, from the nineteenth century, but we want to turn Salvador into the largest dive tourism park in the urban world.” Our ships are very close to the coast, which enables divers of amateurs in a short time, with this experience. “
According to SETUR-BA, marine diving slices and diving were merged into tourism. Since the last procedure, there has been an increase of about 435 % in the demand for diving activities compared to the pre -epidemic season.
