
Mankind-produced waste littering out seabed is a growing problem, which is being tackled by volunteers, which as the case of Punta de La Mona last month.
The University of Granada has confirmed that the seaweed found off La Rábit is indeed of the Asian variety that is causing problems near Cádiz.
Fishermen came across a strange ‘catch’ in their nets off La Rábita on Wednesday – a mass of seaweed looking like a kind normally found in the Pacific.
Despite the water off the Punta de la Mona being a protected area the corral is taking a hammering from discarded fishing equipment.
Are we witnessing what appears to be the last days of Motril’s fishing sector because the crisis and the changing times appearing to be sinking what waves and rocks could not.
“If we were able to at the moment, we said the whole fleet to the scrap yard.” These are the bitter words of the Head of the Fishing Sector at Motril Port.
On the 18th of October, the moratorium expires which closed off the fishing grounds, but coupled to this date is the EU fishery requirement that the fishermen change the type of nets that they use – an economical impossibility.