On 13 November, a technical meeting was held on La Arena beach (Bizkaia). LIFE+ARCOS project heads and members of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and the Lurgaia Foundation were in attendance.
The following were in attendance: Álvaro Bueno Sánchez, head and technical coordinator of ARCOS project activities and in representation of the University of Oviedo, Carlos Ley Vega de Seoane, head of the company Ecología Litoral S.A., Jon Hidalgo Mugica, member of the Lurgaia Fundazioa Foundation, Aitor Uriarte, head of the Special Area of Conservation, a representative from the Council of Bizkaia and Santiago Fuentes Sánchez, head of Coast Demarcation of the Basque Country.
In this technical meeting, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and the Lurgaia Foundation—a naturalist collective that has been working in this protected area for many years—were informed about upcoming activities to eradicate invasive exotic species, install sand fencing and plant structural species. These activities form part of the activities set forth by the LIFE+ARCOS project.