May 27 - Government Says It’s On Track To Achieve Long-Term Sustainable Marine Conservation

Written by YGTV Team on 27 May 2016.

The Government has said that the recently released statistics “clearly demonstrate” that illegal incursions into BGTW are down and marine life is on the increase adding that these facts “cannot be disputed.”

Number Six says that, as previously stated, “there is still work to be done and the Department of the Environment are constantly striving to implement new, innovative marine conservation measures in conjunction with leading researchers and scientists: the successful planting of sea grasses is clear evidence of this.”

Minister for the Environment, Dr John Cortes, said: ‘Mr Hammond’s over-simplistic comments attempt to reduce what is necessarily a long-term process to suit his short-term political agenda. His semantics will not disrupt the enforcement of sound, holistic policies that aim to protect Gibraltar’s vibrant marine life in a sustainable way and help it flourish in the long-term. Trevor needs to accept that it was the GSD who accepted and did a deal to allow illegal fishing. We are still trying to pick up the pieces of that mess.’ 

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