Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-4 | Issue-05 | 200-205
Original Research Article
Survey: Sources, Distribution and Effects of Marine Pollution in the Monastir Bay (eastern of Tunisia, Central Mediterranean Sea)
Mohamed Damak, Manel Ben Ismail, Rania Fourati, Boubaker Elleuch, Monem Kallel
Published : June 30, 2019
Abstract
The seas and oceans form integrated ecosystems giving life to many species and represent food and socio-economic
benefits sources for millions of persons around the world. Unfortunately, nowadays these sources suffer from marine
pollution which becomes a major problem that has negative effects on all of the planet's marine ecosystems. In the bay of
Monastir (center coast of Tunisia), as many parts of the globe, economic development has been most active in this coastal
zones, especially textile industry, fishing and aquaculture activities, putting enormous pressures on this coastal
ecosystem. In this study, we tried to collect informations about the impact of marine water pollution in the bay of
Monastir from sea users (fishermen, professional or not), and we tried to identify the main zones of pollution that may be
potential zone for the intervention of protected area managers in the future.