El Plan de Acción para el Mediterráneo - CEAB

Lebanon: Although the oil contamination, at present, hasonly local importance, it has been stated that the pollution ofbeaches is continuously growing.Spain: No severe accidents have happened so far.However, many coastal communities complain aboutintolerable pollution of the beaches: 44 % in Catalonia, 80 %between the Ebro river and the Cape of Gata, and 50 % alongthe southern coast of Spain.Tunisia: Evident oil pollution of the beaches has beenobserved along the coasts of the whole country. Although ithas not yet reached the state of a “black tide”, it has beencontinuously growing during the past and there is a real riskof adverse effects on tourism in the future.