The GSD has claimed that with ‘more fishing with nets in BGTW than ever before’ the Government ‘appear to be acting like rabbits caught in headlights over the fishing crisis.’
The party insists that it has been two years since the Government did away with the 1999 Agreement, but the Nature Protection Act also not being properly enforced.
The Office of the Governor has said that it will be sending a protest to the Spanish Government after two incidents this weekend in which the Guardia Civil attempted to exercise jurisdiction over pleasure craft in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.
In conjunction with the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau, the Government of Gibraltar has issued a set of two postage stamps commemorating the 100 Years of the Gibraltar Sea Scouts, the only group to be recognized by the Admiralty, outside of the UK.
An extended lifeguard service at all local beaches will be available for the remaining weekends of the month. The Gibraltar Tourist Board has further announced that the accessible facilities at the beaches will also continue on a weekend only basis, also until the end of September.
The arrangements have been put into place despite the official bathing season ending on Sunday September 14th. The Gibraltar Sport and Leisure Authority will be taking over the Bathing Pavilion as from Monday.
