The artificial nurseries, Biohut®, installed in the Saint Florent marina, have celebrated their first birthday!

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Biohut® is an artificial habitat that helps to rehabilitate the nursery ecological function of shallow rocky and sandy seabeds which have been degraded by the construction of coastal developments (ports, outfalls, offshore wind farms etc).

The role of the Biohut® devices placed at various strategic locations in the port of Saint-Florent is to replace the nursery grounds exploited by humans and thus enable the natural cycle to be re-established.

Thanks to the different types of Biohut®, quays, pontoons, and coastal structures are once again becoming biodiversity refuges for many coastal marine species.

The biologists at the Stareso marine station carried out the ecological monitoring for November and reviewed the initial results of the study.

The result is very positive for the moment! Dozens of small Puntazzos present in the Biohut® and other very interesting species… The blue water of our island would be very favourable and receptive to the growth of post-larvae.

On this occasion, 2 classes of Year 5 and Year 6 from the Saint-Florent school were present to follow the maintenance operations and participate in activities, led by Ecocéan, Stareso and the Corsican Environment Office on the preservation of marine ecosystems.

Update: a new survey was carried out in June 2018 and the results are again positive with the presence of new species and an increase in biodiversity.