Jeddah, Rajab 21, 1435, May 20, 2014, SPA -- Secretary General of Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA), Professor Ziad Abu Ghararh has stressed that there are prompt international efforts being exerted to protect the marine and coastal environment as well as human beings from the invading and infectious marine organisms that travel through the ships equanimity water from sea area to another, causing hazards resulting from the capability of some of these invading organisms to settle and reproduce in their non-original homes. He said that such settlement and reproduction lead to the deterioration of biodiversity, threatening fisheries and productive industries that rely on sea water for cooling, negatively affecting tourism in addition to health damage that may be inflicted by some of these organisms that are capable of transferring toxins or diseases. This came in a speech by Professor Ziad at the opening ceremony of the Regional Workshop on Regional Strategy and Action Plan for Implementation of International Convention for Management of ships equanimity water in the region of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The workshop was launched here yesterday evening in cooperation with the International Maritime Organization; global program on ships equanimity water and the participation of representatives from the Ministries of Transport and Environment from PERSGA member States. --SPA 13:32 LOCAL TIME 10:32 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w