Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
The Guardia Civil vessel Rio Tormes patrolled the area next to the runway off Western Beach this morning. This comes following an incident yesterday in which a Government contracted tug boat was stopped by the Guardia Civil from dropping concrete blocks to form an artificial reef.
The Government has issued the following statement after an incident involving the Guardia Civil earlier today:
The Government announced the creation of reefs in different parts of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) as part of its marine protection strategy when it published the fishing report.