The project’s aim is to restore Posidonia oceanica (Neptune) seagrass meadows, crucial to the health of the Mediterranean marine environment. These meadows are endemic to the Mediterranean and are listed as a priority habitat within the EU’s Habitats Directive by virtue of the multifarious ecosystem goods and services they provide, besides acting as ecosystem engineers within the marine environment. The Neptune project managed to transplant in autumn 2024 a seagrass meadow footprint of 110 square metres at Qawra, with the project set to implement a second transplantation exercise in autumn 2025. The project is a close collaboration between the University of Malta and the MEDSEA Foundation, Fondation de la Mer, and CMA CGM, the project’s funders.

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