The Ministry admits that the Talamanca buoy field is still pending processing and has not yet gone out for public information

The Talamanca ecological buoy field, one of the key projects to protect the island’s seabed, has not yet been submitted for public information, despite the fact that the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) must execute it before the end of 2025 or it will lose the allocated European funding.

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This has been confirmed by the General Directorate of Biodiversity, Forestry and Desertification, under the Ministry itself, in a reply sent to La Voz de Ibiza.

“These projects have been drafted at the initiative of the General Directorate of Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification of MITECO,” said the General Subdirectorate of Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity, the body that has coordinated the technical details.

Project drafted, processing “in the air”.

From the General Subdirectorate it is detailed that the executive project has already been drafted, both for Talamanca and for the rest of the anchoring fields planned in the Balearic Islands. However, the public information process has not yet begun, a step prior to its bidding and execution.

“The project in question has not yet been submitted to public information, so we call you to this procedure to learn more details,” said the Ministry.

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The Ibiza Town Hall had warned that the project must be up and running before the end of 2025.

“The Ministry has the project on the table and must develop it before next year, even if it is not 100% complete. If it does not execute it, it will lose the subsidy granted for it,” municipal sources told La Voz de Ibiza.

Protecting Talamanca Posidonia

The objective of the Talamanca buoy field is to order the anchoring of boats on Posidonia meadows, a marine species declared a World Heritage Site. The initiative is part of the plan financed with Next Generation funds and has been classified as a priority by the Government and the City Council of Ibiza.

From the Ministry it is confirmed that the project is exempt from the environmental assessment procedure, both state and autonomous: “Due to its typology, these projects are exempt from the Environmental Assessment procedure in accordance with Law 21/2013, of December 9. And, in accordance with regional regulations, they do not have to undergo an environmental impact assessment either”.

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Even so, the document has been sent to the General Directorate of Natural Environment and Forest Management of the Balearic Government, which has issued a favorable report, according to the same ministerial source.

Another point under study is the most appropriate legal figure for the occupation of the maritime-terrestrial public domain where the buoys will be located.

“MITECO is currently assessing the most appropriate figure of occupation of the maritime-terrestrial public domain, which guarantees legal certainty, not only for the installation and physical occupation of the marine space, but also for the financing of the actions and the subsequent management of the buoy field,” explains the Ministry.

Ports IB will take over the management of all ecological moorings.

Once executed, the nine fields will be managed by Ports IB, with the same public fees established in Law 11/1988 of the Autonomous Community.

The contract will include installation, assembly, annual disassembly and a mooring assistance service during the operating period, from June 1 to September 30.

Talamanca is one of the nine regulated anchorage fields planned in the Balearic Islands for the 2026 season, along with those of Benirràs, Cala Bassa, Cala Salada, Cala Vedella, Es Xarco and Portinatx in Ibiza, and two others in the rest of the archipelago.

Currently, Ports IB already manages eight buoy fields in the Balearic Islands, including Ses Salines (Ibiza) and s’Espalmador (Formentera).

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