Dick Dasterdly

Shocking.

"Something should be done about it but I don't know what"

MikeJ

Incorrect on two points. BGTW is a separate entity and therefore can apply for a quota in its own right: the UK has not applied and does not have a quota for Blue-fin, if the UK could show good cause and a previous history then it could apply for a quota but this quota would not apply in BGTW. There is no link between the two.
You constantly confuse Britain and British with the UK. I don't know if this is plain ignorance or mischievous disingenuity. Funnily enough Spain and the Spanish often make the same mistake which means that they fear that if they recognise BGTW then the UK will automatically enjoy the same territorial rights, which is not the case but does cause animosity.

EMR

Can Gibraltar show any good cause and previous history to justify awarding itself a quota ?
You may recall in the early days our Gibraltar apologists tried to claim that there was no fishing industry in Gibraltar a blatant lie as those involved in the business have already met the quota and now got themselves an even bigger one.
Thank you for clarifying that the waters in question are not British, hopefully we will stop wasting time and money playing policeman and leave it up to the protagonists who should know better.

Fredbargate

All down to the Neanderthal process of smoking bluefins

amideislas

I've heard that smoking bluefin leads to tax evasion. And gambling.

EMR

Judging by some of your recent posts I wonder what you have been smoking.

amideislas

In case you didn't notice, YOU are the object of the larf. But it's quite normal that you'd get it bass-ackwards.

Maybe1day

And they were doing fish soup on a massive scale making volcanic activity seem like kids playing with a box of matches.

EMR

Blue fin for soup not when its worth its weight in gold, but of course that has nothing to do with awarding yourself a quota for " sports fishing ".

Fredbargate

So the Neanderthals had fishing quotas

Fredbargate

Govt pre-empts Spain’s tax attack on Rock

by Brian Reyes

The EU’s special committee on tax was reminded this week of Gibraltar’s solid record of compliance with international transparency rules, pre-empting a Spanish minister who sought to tar the Rock as ‘an opaque, permanent headache’

None of this made any difference to Sr de Guindos, who repeated the traditional Spanish line.

Gibraltar Chronicle - The Independent Daily First Published 1801

Fredbargate

Spain would be more likely to respond to robustness from the UK than reasonableness. This is the view of the outgoing Governor, Sir James Dutton who spoke at a farewell reception hosted by the Gibraltar Government. Sir James observed that, although the aggressive sovereignty claim from Spain hadn’t changed in 35 years, Gibraltar had developed from an MoD Based economy to a high-tech city state in that time

GBC - Gibraltar News - GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar

MikeJ

DONT TWIST MY WORDS - I DID NOT SAY THAT THE WATERS ARE NOT BRITISH SINCE THEY ARE. The clue is in their name BRITISH Gibraltar Territorial Waters. As a self governing British territory Gibraltar is quite entitled to request an extension to its quota

Fredbargate

Mike you are wasting your time EMR is not interested in the truth, only in being antagonistic and abusive as witnessed all over BE.

Fredbargate

Picardo and Cameron discuss law enforcement at sea

“I managed to have a few words with the Prime Minister about law enforcement issues in British Gibraltar territorial waters,” Mr Picardo said. “He was very aware of the current situation.”

Gibraltar Chronicle - The Independent Daily First Published 1801