Friday 09/May/2025 – 02:40 PM
The Ministry of Environment has issued new instructions to deal with sharks in the Red Sea, in the context of ensuring the safety of beach users, places of biological diversity and marine reserve along the Red Sea coast.
Instructions to deal with sharks in the Red Sea
This comes due to the increase in the numbers of marine beaches on the Red Sea coast, and from the point of taking the degrees of caution and caution for the shores of the Red Sea, the Ministry of Environment states the instructions and guidelines that must be followed and the responsibility of each of the beaches and tourist villages and the beach wearers when going to the marine environment.
With regard to the departments of the tourist villages and beaches, the emphasis on putting signs at the contour line at a depth of 2 m to determine the beginning of the deep water in order to increase the safety of guests, as well as establish towers of no less than 5 m from the water line to monitor the beaches for the safety of the marine area, and also educate the beaches in all cases by reporting any abnormal phenomena from watching large fish, or in violation of the operation Fish industrial feeding and dumping any water waste.
And the failure of the vacationers to the water individually, but in groups with its facilities, trained and qualified guides, with a launch of your suppliers to a quick rescue in front of the beach of each village, while providing all the required first aid.
As for the vacationers and the wearer of the beaches, it is necessary to completely refrain from swimming in the places of commercial or entertainment hunting, whether these activities take place on the beach or on the launches in open water.
Not to throw any waste or food residue in the water, as well as not swimming in open water and early morning or sunset times, and avoid wearing shiny things, with no lifting of sea water in the event of a wound or bleeding and the exit of water quickly in the event of this occurring, while avoiding individual swimming and in deep places, and committing to the limits of safe swimming signs and adherence to the instructions and instructions of the rescuers who are on Beaches.
As for marine maritime missions, trainers and guides accompanying the trips are obligated to do the necessary explanation and directives for tourists, before implementing any activity and choosing sites, times, and the appropriate firm conditions for each activity, to reduce the expected violating and wrong practices of the tourist that may affect its safety and the safety of others, including the definition of marine characteristics and the geological conditions of the region.
It is also prohibited to implement the Senoring activity in the drift diving sites. Swimming on the surface is warned by water with unrecognized paths or in incapacitated fetal circumstances that may lead to drifting away from safe paths.
And prevent the possession of any equipment or fishing tools of all kinds on board all marine units operating in the region, and warns to carry out any of the violating practices that attract or excite fish, while adhering to the procedures and controls issued by the competent authorities, and the environment also warns all the launches operating in the area to get rid of sanitation violations in the coral reef areas, and all the fighters are to adhere to installing tanks To assemble sewage on the launches, or install a processing station according to the technical controls prescribed by the Marine Safety Authority, and emptying and delivering the waste in the Terkeli scores after the end of the trip.
