The main objective of the project is to determine the areas of ecological importance for the conservation of marine biodiversity and to check and evaluate whether the habitat proposal made in the project executed in 2005 and 2006 is included within the network of marine protected areas currently in existence.

The main objective of the project is to determine the areas of ecological importance for the conservation of marine biodiversity and to check and evaluate whether the habitat proposal made in the project executed in 2005 and 2006 is included within the network of marine protected areas currently in existence.

More specifically, the objectives are as follows:

• To increase scientific knowledge about biodiversity on the seabed.
• Contribute to the National Inventory of Natural Sites of Conservation Interest of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Mediterranean Action Plan.
• To assess the status of populations of species protected by the Barcelona Convention and its Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity of the Mediterranean (ZEPIM).
• Determine which type of important marine habitats are or are not represented in the first project outcome proposal 2005-2006.
• To determine which border areas of the current Marine Protected Areas of the Spanish State should be included in these, with the aim of increasing their protection and providing them with ecological coherence.
• Raise awareness among the population about the importance of conserving the biodiversity of marine areas and oceans.