Director of Montenegro's Public Sea Management Company “Morsko dobro” Predrag Jelusic visited the Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Montenegro in Kotor (IBMK).
"At the meeting with the Institute's leadership, we discussed the continuation of cooperation between these two institutions in the realization of current and future projects, primarily in the field of monitoring the sanitary quality of seawater in bathing areas along the Montenegrin coast, as well as projects related to sea caves research, monitoring the impacts of beach landfills on the marine ecosystem and the continuation of cooperation on international projects dealing with the monitoring of waste in the sea and on the beaches," Morsko dobro said.
It has been estimated that the sea water on controlled beaches since the beginning of this year's season was of excellent quality and that more than 95% are of the first K1 category, as well as that from the next season in practice will be applied a new categorization as prescribed by the new Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development that transposes the provisions of the EU Directive on Sea Water Management. It is particularly emphasized the significance of the project dealing with biodiversity and pollution impacts in the Blue Cave in order to propose measures for the sustainable management of this cave, which represents a tourist attraction on our coast.
IBMK Director Mirko Djurovic thanked for the very successful cooperation with JP Morsko Dobro.
"After obtaining international accreditation for testing the sanitary quality of sea water, IBMK is fully committed to the realization of this activity, and it is planned to extend the scope of accredited methods for future obligations to be provided by Montenegro. related to different segments of the marine ecosystem monitoring in accordance with the requirements of the EU Directive," said Djurovic.
He and Jelusic with their associates also visited works on the construction of the first public aquarium in Montenegro - Boka Aquarium, which is being built on the ground floor of the IBNMK building in Dobrota. As announced, it was agreed that the Public Sea Management Company and IBMK would jointly invest in the design of an open part of the future aquarium complex that will be located in the yard of the Institute. The visitors will be allowed access to the aquarium with the planned landscaping, trails and green areas, and setting up of exhibition pavilions, and thus the outdoor presentation space will be complete. This joint investment will enable complete works on the public aquarium to be finished in the foreseen deadline, i.e., until April 2020.
Text by Sinisa Lukovic, on June 20th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
