| Abstract: |
This sea, along the 1,300 kilometres of coast of the region, is one of the richest in the world in terms of biodiversity. Its depths are home to an endless number of species of all shapes and sizes, and it is for this reason that, since time immemorial, man has scoured its cold, dark waters for the resources necessary for subsistence. However, man has always been the prime cause of the ecological degradation of this fragile environment, accidentally or deliberately spilling enormous amounts of hydrocarbons into the sea, and these, sooner or later, reach the coast in the form of slicks, irremediably creating the wounded coast. |
