Tag Archives: Fishing

Last week to submit photographs to the Maó Harbour Photography Competition

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The Maó Harbour Narrative Photography Competition is entering its final stage. The competition, promoted by the Recuperem el Port de Maó campaign, will close its submission period next 15 September. There is therefore just over a week left to go out and photograph the bay and submit your images.

These days, during the Festes de Gràcia, people joyfully sing the city’s anthem. In honour of the verse that mentions the harbour as an essential part of Maó, we encourage everyone to go out for a walk and photograph this “puerto de mar a pie”.

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Amendments for a Coastal Law that sets limits on pressure on the coast

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The draft Balearic Islands Coastal Law does not specify what happens when uses come into conflict with ecological limits. The islands are territories under strong pressure along their coast, with many areas clearly exceeding their limits. Amendments are also included regarding the new attempt to amend the Menorca Biosphere Reserve Law. GOB has submitted amendments during the period in which organisations can do so.

The transfer of various powers to the autonomous community in matters concerning the coast allows the archipelago to regulate coastal management again. This is an opportunity to reduce pressures, restore degraded areas or adapt to the effects of climate change. In GOB’s opinion, the current text of the draft Law is very much focused on planning, organising and managing uses, activities and occupations, but it is not always sufficiently clear what happens when these uses come into conflict with the limits.

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The regenerative aquaculture as a marine resilience strategy

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The general interest of the population towards the sea is growing considerably year after year. Therefore, the activities carried out there have multiplied. Thus, the anthropic pressure and threats affecting the habitats of the seabed have also increased, with a significant impact on the coastline.

Specifically, in the port of Maó, the phenomenon of commercial boating has skyrocketed, with constant expansions of facilities that end up being occupied at speculative prices. It is a growing market, but one that corresponds to a seasonal operation, which ends up displacing local boats of a more social kind, transforms spaces with natural values within the port, and which, for years now, has exceeded the island’s nautical carrying capacity.

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October 11 – II Regenerative Aquaculture Seminar

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Climate change and the need to preserve the coastline compel us to find resilient and sustainable alternatives. The Regenerative Aquaculture Seminar returns in 2025 to continue raising these questions and how to address them in a place such as Menorca.

What is regenerative aquaculture? Are there precedents of this activity in Menorca? Is it possible to make marine activity compatible with a sustainable model? The second edition of the Aquaculture Seminar will address these and other questions, with the participation of experts and professionals in the sector to share knowledge, experiences, and proposals that may help define the future of coastal management that is more respectful of marine ecosystems and society.

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Seminar on regenerative aquaculture: an opportunity for the sea

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The GOB is organizing a seminar with two presentations on regenerative aquaculture, set for Saturday, November 30, in Maó.

A new blue economy is taking root in some parts of the world, with positive economic and ecological results: regenerative aquaculture. This approach involves cultivating different species of shellfish and macroalgae together in a single space.

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Nearly 90% fewer disciplinary proceedings on fishing in 2019

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Monitors for fishing produced fewer than 90% disciplinary proceedings in 2019 although fishing was normal before COVID19. GOB will ask to have meetings to find out the reasons for this spectacular decrease. The sum of the Guardia Civil, the two fishing inspectors and the three monitors of the Marine Reserve of the north of Menorca, produced only five open disciplinary proceedings. The number is surprising because in 2018 there were 40 and in 2017 there were 52. Continue reading Nearly 90% fewer disciplinary proceedings on fishing in 2019 →

We ask that professional fishing for blue crabs is given an incentive

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More and more blue crabs are being seen on the coast of Menorca. They are considered to be one of the most invasive species of the Mediterranean. We have asked the Ministry of the Environment of the Balearic Government to persuade the professional fishing industry to catch this species, as a way of controlling its population. The blue crab was first found in 2017 and it has already spread to many areas along the island coast. Continue reading We ask that professional fishing for blue crabs is given an incentive →

Save the Natural Values of the Port of Mahon

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GOB is asking the Port Authority to stop altering the natural areas of the Port of Mahon. The Cala Corb project includes a geotechnical study of the solidity of the cliff to support a cantilevered wooden walkway. Some days ago, GOB condemned the changes happening to works that were being carried out for the south sidewalk of Cala Corb, in Es Castell, one of the areas in the Port of Mahon with a natural rock cliff. Since then the works have been stopped. Continue reading Save the Natural Values of the Port of Mahon →